Cake beard


Hi! I wrote this in advance, so I’ll just assume that when you open it I’ve been having a great birthday.

I’m extra chill, with yesterday’s End-Of-Year Bonus class behind me. It went great — so many excited new Inbox Hero students! I live for messages like these in the chat:

I did make a pretty irresistible offer, gotta say.

So what have I been doing today?

I’m going to guess that I’ve:

  • Stayed in bed for an hour, reading Min Jin Lee’s new book, American Hagwon. So into it.
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  • Done my morning session of TM (Transcendental Meditation).
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  • Taken at least two long walks, listening to Bitch Sesh (a Real Housewives breakdown podcast) and the audiobook of Courtney Maum’s Alan Opts Out, which I just started and already love.
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  • Journaled on 750 Words (still on my streak).
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  • Toasted a Bays English muffin — I’ve moved on from Thomas’ — and overloaded it with butter and Bonne Maman strawberry preserves.
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  • Hopefully, done some fiction writing and made myself proud for getting the tuchus in the seat. That’s the trick.
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  • Posted something about my birthday, wondering why I’m pressuring myself to create “birthday content” when who among us knows how many birthdays we have left, and do we really want to spend this one wild and precious life rearranging the slides of an Instagram carousel?
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  • Met two favorite friends for birthday lunch.
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  • Done my afternoon TM.
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  • Had more favorite friends over for birthday dinner, which will be spaghetti. Because I said so. Steven objected but has agreed to honor my basicness and make it for me.

It may sound like an average day, but it still feels special — even though I didn’t plan right…

Because once again, I blew off the explicit instructions Facebook gave me a week ahead to make the day “extra special.”

What’s wrong with me, Reader? Why didn’t I obscure my lower face with a massive cake beard, as proposed above? My profile pic could’ve spent the week with candles sticking out of its mouth like walrus tusks. What better way to celebrate?

And (facepalm) I didn’t do this, either:

A countdown story! Brilliant! So hundreds of FB friends you’ve never spoken to get swept up in the anticipation like it’s New Year’s Eve or The Rapture — and can’t possibly neglect to post a generic “Happy Birthday!” Then you have to at least heart each one while you wonder why you’re doing so much work on YOUR birthday.

Sigh. Opportunities missed.

Well, you know what? It’s not too late to post a countdown timer.

The fast action bonus for Inbox Hero, my Welcome Sequence Workshop, disappears in:

That’s Saturday, Oct 31, at 11:59 pm ET.

​See details and grab it here.​

You know what’ll really make my birthday extra special?

If you get Inbox Hero (with the Welcome Sequence Workshop and $2,094 in other bonuses) and then report to me later that it’s changed your life and business.

Happy Birthday to me!
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And happy emailing to you.

xoLaura

PS - Fun fact: I first launched Inbox Hero on my 50th birthday. It was a 6-figure launch. To make your next birthday extra special, I suggest making a sweet chunk of change through your emails. Bite me, Facebook.

PPS - I did take one of FB’s suggestions and put up a fundraiser. I chose ACLU, because, y’know, democracy. (The salvation of which would also make a nice, belated birthday prezzie. Vote, y’all.)

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Thank you for reading and sharing,
Laura

Laura Belgray (Talking Shrimp)

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