I honestly really needed to read a book like this since it was the holidays and I needed something to help me properly root me to the present rather than being caught up in my head. I related really well to her perspectives and ways of coping which helped me learn so much more about myself surprisingly. I love that it allowed me to reflect on nostalgia but also explore how deeply that ties with who I am now and how I can take all I like about myself and nurture it into the future. Also I just love jellyfish and the way that sealife and nature was a frequent motif/metaphor for human experience and spirituality… just great. Only thing that stops me from giving it more stars was how I didn’t connect with other essays as much as the ones I really liked and some of it was either for much older readers or wjite readers. Still though, she addresses that her writing is going to apply differently to different people and that makes me respect it.