Forty and Untroubled? Lost in the Fog of My Unlucky Years!
I turned forty today. Confucius supposedly said that at forty, one is no longer perplexed. In Japan, forty is the age of fuwaku—freedom from doubt. Ha! I’m perplexed. Thoroughly perplexed. And this is my maeyaku, the year before my unlucky year, according to the traditional Japanese yakudoshi calendar. The main event is next year. You’ve got to be kidding me. Messages to My Younger Selves Now that I’m forty, I thought I’d send some messages back to my past selves. ...