Born Today?

Your Year of the Unvarnished Thing. This is the year the real version of what you think lands in the room before the polished version even gets dressed, and something tremendous happens when it does. A conversation in March that you were quietly dreading turns into the one people reference for months, because you said the actual thing instead of the careful thing. By summer, a project that had been circling its own evasions finds its footing the moment you name what everyone else was stepping around. The gleeful surprise of this year is how much people were waiting, specifically for you to go first. You always had the nerve for it. The year just gives you better occasions. Say the true thing early. The room opens wider than you expect.