Every year, I make my own birthday cake – a little ritual that started from practicality and turned into something deeply meaningful. Here’s why baking your own birthday cake can be such a powerful tradition.

Why I Make My Own Birthday Cake Every Year

Life

Photo of Taylor Nakakihara holding a green heart shaped birthday cake with lit sparklers

Welcome to The Joy Report this week: The Great Plant Rescue of 2025, QT with my friend Jenn, Proposalpalooza, joy being attractive and repellent I rescued all of the plants from a local restaurant that closed for remodeling and left them behind. I went to the closed space with the owner and we discovered that […]

The Joy Report · Week of 9/01/25

Love + Friendship

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Welcome to the Weekly Joy Report: picking up where I left off, new steps to grow in my business, pop culture content queen, planning my 32nd birthday

Weekly Joy Report · Week of 8/25/25

Life

I started making plans for my 32nd birthday