My birthday came & went

I have noticed birthdays are not as exciting as they use to be. It is a day where I am supposed to feel older or seem like I have accomplished something and it rarely turns out that way. It seems like they are nothing but a reminder that another year has come and gone.

For a couple years I was on a kick of going out and celebrating my birthday and having a good time with friends. That has ended. The last two years the theme has been to lay low. Do something relaxing, take a day off, get a massage & have a sushi lunch somewhere. Maybe try out a bar I am interested in or get myself a bottle of wine. Treating myself has become more low key & moved to a much smaller scale. No big parties, just a nice dinner or glass of wine somewhere.

I use to think I would get on the extreme sports or adrenaline band wagon to celebrate. Each birthday I could do something I have never done like sky diving, swim with sharks, bungee jumping, etc., etc. On one hand those events would definitely remind me I am live but on the other hand I am not so sure I want to do it on my birthday. Maybe in the summer time on a hot and lazy summer day? Maybe...just maybe...