what has your current age meant to you? let's gather it here.....

28 was THEE age for me. I moved to a different country to pursue a passion, I met my future husband, ditched toxic people in my life, and FINALLY started creating the life that I am so grateful for today as a 33 year old. ❤

Hold the phone, new Katherout just dropped.

I turned 28 too in March, I can relate so much with this video. My 27th year was wild but I grew so much...

Happy birthday!!! I'm 24, 25 in July...I honestly feel like I've become a completely new person in the past year or so. I spent almost the entire second half of being 23 on the opposite side of the country from home in long term psych treatment. The journey didn't end when I returned home shortly before turning 24, but that gave me a solid foundation for growth. I have not only gained a lot of confidence and self-trust, but I've also learned that I love socializing and laughing and making other people laugh thru improv and standup, I've strengthened many old relationships and developed new ones, I've gotten healthier and gotten stronger via working out and actually staying on top of meds, appointments, and the like. But I think two of the biggest changes I've noticed have been how I've let go trying to control other people or people please or know exactly what they think of me all the time, and also just having faith that even when things are hard or don't turn out the way I wanted, they turn out fine eventually. Resilience is bliss. And I've really learned that I can love myself and feel content and positive about my self, my sense of self-worth, and where I'm currently at, even as I work to continue growing and changing some things.

thank you so much for this piece of art - I'm turning 27 next week and feeling all sorts of ways. 26 has taught me so much about where my values lie, and I'm realizing just how much my desire to be perceived 'well' has clouded certain relationships. part II, V, and IX really resonate with me. I can only begin to express my appreciation for naming masking culture in this video - a beautiful modeling of acknowledgment in itself. happy belated birthday, and here's to another wide year!

I loved how you edited this omg

This was beautiful to listen to, thank you

This is so beautiful Kath! Thank you for sharing these lessons!

needed so many of these reminders and lessons today, thank you for this video

I love these kind of videos. Happy belated birthday!

Happy belated birthday!!! You're such a good writer! I wish I had your gift!

each of these are a gift ❤

i am so thankful to know you and your mind katherout!

I love these videos!! I love how reflexive and intelligent they are. I turned 28 last October. 28 has been great!! “Patreon sent me” ❤ haha

I’ve been watching you since your USC days! Fan girl over here! I always come back to your channel to see your life updates and honestly , I feel seen all the time 💕🫶🏽 TY for this video! Happy late birthday !! 🎉❤

this was so beautiful, the videography felt so grounding yet exploratory. thank you for sharing your lessons and modeling authenticity

Wow, this is a great video, beautiful and creative editing! Going through a rough patch with a partner, so your comments on intuition, role modeling, and standing up the spirit of the feeling feel so fitting right now. Thanks for this. And love these west coast views

this is excellent. number 5 really spoke to me as you describe a fear that's always present in my life but that i haven't quite managed to work through yet. the way you speak is very interesting - listening to your introspection calms and clears my mind to spark deeper, intentional thought. i'm 26 and it's becoming more obvious how beneficial it is for me to see and surround myself with others in my age group living in a way that brings some clarity to my own life.

Happy birthday 🎉 27 has been a big crazy year for me and I’m turning 28 in June, don’t know what to expect

Okay number V hit DEEP. I've had a similar learning as I am falling deeper into intimacy with some newer friends that have come into my life since moving cities. I desire closeness yet I fear judgement and rejection in the same ways you described... trust really is everything. Also being that non-judgmental authentic friend for someone else tends to bring out that quality in the other person. Such a beautiful reflection!!

I have also been heavily processing my limerence over the past few years. For a period of time, I had a tendency to fall very fast for people I barely knew, and the connection would end as fast as it started. Since it happened so many times, I started paying really close attention to myself in this pattern, and I managed to unravel it though introspection, confronting my fears, and healing my insecurities. So now I don't crush on people in the same way anymore, I look to get to know people more thoroughly before I let my attachment grip onto them. I think it's the same for me, I am attracted to people with qualities I want more of in myself. It took me a while to realize that but in retrospect, it makes a lot of sense.

that beginning shot of you blowing out your candles current day, the light going out, and being replaced with little!katherout....... oh i've barely started the video and i'm already feeling emotions

this was SOOOOOO GOOD

Thank you for much for sharing, Kath! This was so, so thoughtful and comforting and lovely. It helped me think more about and see more clearly where I am also currently at. You’re a gem!

The childhood videos (outfits!) & the lettering in this video ... amazing details among otherwise delightful snippets of sights & revelations

i love this video!

Something about this video really resonated with me. The fifth segment about trust especially.

I'm younger than you by a few years but: not qualifying everything about myself (even/ esp. to myself), setting my own intentions/ goals for things, MOVING THE GLASS OF WATER BEFORE I KNOCK IT OVER (such a good way to put it, trusting your own mind and instincts is an experience), and being accepting of my own discernment instead of fighting it, are all things that I gained this year. In all of those ways and more, my year/ my current age has come to mean thinking less and being/ doing more. Instead of trying to shape my goals, personality, etc. by thinking and analyzing and questioning and fighting what's there, I am taking what is there: my personality, my goals, my inclinations, as they are, and I am being and doing.

I love the metaphors you use 😍 .. and everything about this video ❤

This video allowed my soul to take a big deep breath and remember what is true. My golden 27th birthday was last month and I’ve been reeling in all the “should’s & could’s” of my life! My inner knowing is more jumbled up and mysterious than ever before, when all I crave is clarity & confidence. I hope one of my differences this year is chilling soooo out.

Solidarity forever!

This was so beautifully said and made ❤ absolutely have this same revelation (over and over) about not apologizing to the audience… I teach them how to respond to me

so beautiful and thought-provoking as always!! love your mind and heart, my sweetie friend 💛💛💛

This will be playing on repeat in my brain for the foreseeable future. With love from a 27 year old encountering many of these lessons in width of this age

I will turn 28 soon lol. This was a great and informative video Kath!!

The beginning when you said “I don’t feel attraction often…” I felt that. I love having little crushes on people but find them to be very hard to come by

If i get to the unapologetic point of not pointing outy greasy hair, questionable outfit ipon pulling up somewhere... That is a big goal. Just like making my own intentions for experiences!! I have two more years to get to that point till 28. You put it beautifully! Thankfully, i have been really feeling my current age. I regularly sing "I'm feeling 25" like I have finally caught up to a 22, I didn't know I missed. I can go on adventures and I can be vulnerable, I don't have to be stoic or cold but can do it my way!

loved the example of masking as a model :)

Loooooove. Love this. ❤

omg today is my birthday! thanks for the bday gift of this video haha

Happy birthday! What a great tradition of reflecting on the growth you had on these days

The lion kingdom was just happy to break even in those days while everyone else was moving onwards & upwards, buying their 1st house, starting their 1st marriage.

We need videos every week please!!!!

counting 5, 6, 7, 8 to sing happy birthday is so professional i love it 😄

I'm telling ya, Kath, the rumor mill is gonna start running with "Is she looking to make a move into Nature Documentaries?" The wild land cinematography in this has my attention, that's for sure. Also, when you said "non-profit industrial complex"..... when I tell you I *screamed*. I work at a non-profit right now, and that phrase couldn't be more true.

It means that I'm thirsty to finish my PhD asap, and I want to buy a house, and relax. I'm working hard for it and I can't wait to have time to rest and enjoy!

my favorite human experience is the painfully slow tempo people choose to sing the happy birthday song no matter how quickly it’s counted in

I'm 24 - feeling more stable than I was one year ago like I am more composed to deal with life's waves. Nevertheless, I constantly feel like a boat in the middle of the sea not knowing where I will float to - very uncertain!

Omg I didn’t realize we were both 96 babies wooow

Looks like someone spent time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. 🙂

Yess not the non profit complex... love that for you.

Yess being a roll model. I love food. haha

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20 ate ❤️ woo same age

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limerence is a beautiful name for a femme baby enby

You should read the book of Ecclesiastes, you seem like the person that will understand and appreciate its teachings.

such a cutie...

this is why birthdays shouldnt carry that much weight...

LIMERENCEEEEEE

Thank you for putting into words the feelings that I’ve been having but have had difficulty expressing 🥲