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English Nicholas McKibben
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good morning Hank it's Tuesday so I just turned 40 which you'll be unsurprised to learn has led to a bit of existential
Good morning, Hank! It's Tuesday. So I just turned 40, which you'll be unsurprised to learn has led to a bit of existential navel-gazing.
navel-gazing but not with the conclusions that one might expect so when I was younger not just like in my
But not with the conclusions that one might expect. So when I was younger, not just like in my teens,
teens but also through my twenties I
but also through my twenties,
thought of adulthood as like an ending like in my imagination human life was
I thought of adulthood as like an ending. Like, in my imagination, human life was this epic road
this epic road trip that started when you were born and ended when you reached
trip that started when you were born and ended when you reached your destination:
your destination adulthood and once you
adulthood. And once you arrived at adulthood
arrived at adulthood you were never allowed to leave to me adulthood meant being weighed down with all these
you were never allowed to leave. To me, adulthood meant being weighed down with all these
responsibilities you have to mow the lawn and take your kids to soccer
responsibilities. You have to mow the lawn, and take your kids to soccer practice,
practice and pay your bills on time because you care about something called your credit score and from what I could
and pay your bills on time because you care about something called your credit score. And from what I could tell about adulthood, these
tell about adulthood these responsibilities would sort of pin you down and prevent you from growing or changing and you would just become a
responsibilities would sort of pin you down and prevent you from growing or changing and you would just become a robot that fulfills
robot that fulfills obligations you know I thought it was like an existential death that came several decades before
obligations. You know, I thought it was like an existential death that came several decades before your actual
your actual physical death so to delay the onset of adulthood and the metaphysical death that came with it my
physical death. So to delay the onset of adulthood and the metaphysical death that came with it,
strategy in my twenties was to keep my life very light and lean like one time I
my strategy in my twenties was to keep my life very light and lean. Like one time
remember saying to a girl I was dating
I remember saying to a girl
that if I needed to I could pack my life up into my car in 15 minutes she dumped
I was dating, that if I needed to, I could pack my life up into my car in 15 minutes.
me shortly thereafter now of course I couldn't pack up my wall of memorabilia
She dumped me shortly thereafter. Now of course, I couldn't pack up my wall of memorabilia in 15 minutes,
in 15 minutes let alone my whole life
let alone my whole life. And of course,
and of course I'm gonna tell you that I was under estimating adulthood because I
I'm gonna tell you that I was underestimating adulthood because I have to, right?
have to write adults can't think of adulthood as a prison from which there
Adults can't think of adulthood as a prison from which there is no earthly escape.
is no earthly escape we have to trick ourselves into thinking that we're having a great time and not at all being slowly strangled to death by homeowners
We have to trick ourselves into thinking that we're having a great time and not at all being slowly strangled to death by homeowners
association meetings and who knows maybe I am tricking myself but for the record
association meetings. And who knows? Maybe I am tricking myself, but for the record, I love being in a place
I love being in a place that's hard to
that's hard to leave.
leave I like having roots in a place and friends I've known for 25 years and that
I like having roots in a place and friends I've known for 25 years.
wasn't possible 20 years ago because you know I hadn't been alive for 25 years
And that wasn't possible 20 years ago because, you know, I hadn't been alive for 25 years. Now sometimes I do feel
now sometimes I do feel overwhelmed by the obligations of adulthood but even so I would not want to be 15 again or for
overwhelmed by the obligations of adulthood. But even so, I would not want to be 15 again or for that matter 25.
that matter 25 I know that's easy for me to say because I've been incredibly lucky in both my professional and
I know that's easy for me to say because I've been incredibly lucky in both my professional and personal lives.
personal lives but I know a lot of middle-aged people who are leading a
But I know a lot of middle-aged people who are leading a wide variety of lives
wide variety of lives and I honestly think that my experience is more the
and I honestly think that my experience is more the rule than the exception.
rule than the exception adulthood is so
Adulthood is so underrated
underrated but more importantly it turns out that adulthood is not a destination like I don't think my life has grown
But more importantly, it turns out that adulthood is not a destination. Like I don't think my life has grown less
less interesting as it has grown more
interesting as it has grown more settled.
settled I used to think that nothing stank of failure quite like living in the suburbs with your spouse and your
I used to think that nothing stank of failure quite like living in the suburbs with your spouse and your two kids, that such an
two kids that such an existence was a tremendous waste of what Mary Oliver called your
existence was a tremendous waste of what Mary Oliver called "your one wild and precious life."
one wild and precious life but I find it
But I find at 40 that my life feels
40 that my life feels wilder and more precious than ever that's not to say that my way of being an adult is the
wilder and more precious than ever. That's not to say that my way of being an adult is the only good way
only good way or that it's right for everyone it's just that it's right for me and if this is 40 I'll take it
or that it's right for everyone. It's just that it's right for me. And if this is 40, I'll take it.
thanks so much everybody for their birthday wishes and turtle cakes three
Thanks so much to everybody for their birthday wishes and turtle cakes. Three more things. First: look, look, look, look, look!
more things first look I have finished
I have finished signing all
signing all 200,000 copies and the boxes
200,000 copies! And the boxes are gone! Those
are gone those 200,000 sheets of paper are now at the printer in Virginia being bound in two copies of Turtles all the
200,000 sheets of paper are now at the printer in Virginia being bound into copies of "Turtles All The Way Down."
way down amazon and barnesandnoble.com have both sold out of their allotment of
Amazon and barnesandnoble.com have both sold out of their allotment of signed copies,
signed copies but there's still lots of other ways to get them more info at probably signed turtles calm secondly my
but there is still lots of other ways to get them. More info at probablysignedturtles.com.
video next week will be me reading the first chapter of turtles all the way
Secondly, my video next week will be me reading the first chapter of "Turtles All The Way Down."
down that video will be over four
That video will be over four minutes,
minutes but that is not punishable there
but that is not
are precedent set in 2011 in 2008 when I read the first chapters of The Fault in
punishable. There are precedents set in 2011 and 2008 when I read the first chapters of "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Paper Towns." And
Our Stars in Paper Towns and lastly I want to say to our friends and viewers affected by flooding in Texas and
lastly, I want to say to our friends and viewers affected by flooding in Texas and Louisiana
Louisiana and also in India Nepal and Bangladesh that we are thinking of you
and also in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh that we are thinking of you. Nerdfighters, if you're able,
nerdfighters if you're able I hope you'll join me in donating to relief organizations there are links in the doobly-doo below Hank I will see you on
I hope you'll join me in donating to relief organizations. There are links in the Doobly-Doo below. Hank, I will see you on Friday.
Friday
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