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SulSulFromTomonea's avatar

Your works, despite how personal their nature is, are always able to speak to parts of me that I hardly thought others could relate to. For that, I thank you.

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Andrew Ducker's avatar

Happy birthday to come. I'm glad it's a better time for you than it was.

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Maggie's avatar

“Smarter, dumber, weirder, calmer” is my mantra for 2023. Happy birthday, Nate 💖

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Nomadic Life Scribbles's avatar

Happy birthday, Nate. I just subscribed because I realized that every single time I read something from you, my heart breaks open with all the emotions. Every piece is a gift.

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Fox's avatar

Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing your thoughts an personal progression with us. I hope your next year is a beautiful, weird, exciting, and comforting one.

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear nate,

happy birth-excitement!

thank you for climbing inside your brain and heart and bringing out what you find there so we can all sit around this fire and find joy and meaning in it.

love,

myq

PS "smarter dumber weirder calmer" <-- those are some great daft punk cover song lyrics!

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Goyavoyage's avatar

Happy birthday to come, and-- thank you for these metaphors on climbing, and these posts, I- I think they bring me something important about not hurting myself in pushing endlessly toward some hypothetical summit, and, enjoying the rest of it too. It's hard, these days, but, thank you so much for your helping words.

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Violet Rose in The Rain's avatar

Taking pleasure and happiness in the simple things is important.

Happy birthday.

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Finnen's avatar

Congratulations on 31! It's big and small. When I turned 30 it was more or less nothing. When I turned 31 it was small. When I turned 32 it was, in a way, big, but in a very small and personal way. The number and the age didnt matter, but it mattered a lot to me to just be here. And to know I wanted to be here longer and see more later.

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Matthew Makak's avatar

Happy early Birthday!! It's weird, I continue to be afraid of getting older (turned 30 in October), but the older I've grown, the happier I've become. Glad to see you're happier as well!

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Sara_Belcher's avatar

Happy early Birthday Nate and Happy New Year to you and Molly!

I really relate to this comic - I've been doing a lot of self-reflection this past year, understanding the "whys" of my anxiety/depression/RSD and getting to a point where I work with them all now.

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ZachTheSorcerer's avatar

This is so beautiful!

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Quinn's avatar

It always amazes me how personal, unique, and relatable your work is. Happy birthday, and I hope this year makes the climb worth it!

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Jonas's avatar

Happy birthday, Nate! May you continue to find beauty, peace, and power every day.

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Marta Marchello's avatar

Happy birthday!

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G.R. Lear's avatar

Beautiful and touching, thank you for sharing. Hoping you enjoy a Happy Birthday and best wishes for the new year. - Greg

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