Wynne Kim

Thank you for celebrating my birthday with me! While I typically do not bring everyone together for my sake, I thought I'd try something different this year.

Well, since I decided to stop checking other people’s boxes, I thought I'd try to check some of my own boxes. So here goes… below is the start of my prioritized list:

• Focus on personal health so I can provide care for others
• Establish better life balance in order to be fully present for everything that I do
• Plan more travel… listen to this really interesting podcast about Turning Travel into Pilgrimage - see photos from my trip to the Galapagos Islands- finally met my hammerhead sharks!
• Discover new insights:
  • Mental health and accountability
  • Gambling addiction as we develop unused land
  • Human composting, now legal in New York
• Build stronger connections with friends and family, especially around those who recently left us - Sukon Kim, Lisa Fu, Victor Papa, Ditashiah Kohn's mom, Linda Seto’s dad, Ricky Harewood and Omar, Joan Lieberman, Aunt Hasul

End of life journeys have been an increasingly familiar script these last couple of years. Words cannot sufficiently describe the sorrow that I feel for the loss of these individuals but I am grateful they have drawn me to the doorstep of their friends and families. It’s been a whole new “Hello World” and I am committed to continue this journey in their memories and drive it forward with purpose. I intend to learn [everything] while I build deeper relationships and connect ideas. I intend to squash out any feelings of loneliness from my life (and yours) because we can do better. So here's to the road ahead!

Oh, and I brought a box of my personal items so that you can be part of my journey. With these items, the idea is that you would come up with an activity - based on the item that you pick - so that we can spend quality time together. We can go for a hike, try a cooking class, be groupies at a music concert, dive with manta rays- surprise me and let's make it happen! So if you're up for the challenge, follow these steps as the ball is now in your court!

1. Select (1) item from the box
2. Come up with an idea that is related to the item for something that we can do together
3. Schedule it so you can return my personal item =)