Remember your last birthday?
Was it fun? Boring? Epic beyond human comprehension?
No matter if your birthday consisted of a solo trump through a park or an extravagant party with lots of friends, there is one underlying notion you assumed the entire day
“I am going to do whatever the hell I want because its my birthday”
Everyone and I mean everyone has the self righteous notion of doing whatever the hell they want, when they want, on their birthday
I mean your one year closer to your death, might as well live it up for one day at least
Right?
Wait, am I the only person who sees a glaring problem with this situation?
One day out of the year you spend the entire time doing whatever is to your heart’s content
Partying, traveling, smiling, and generally anything that is fun to you
What about the other 364 days in a year?
Is that when you go to your 9-5 job and barely shake through the day?
Or is that when you really grab life by the balls and do things that really matter to you?
Do you watch the Glee marathon on TV after work?
Or are you busy planning your next RTW trip?
The key here is to understand that everyday should be spent doing the things that you love doing
This does not mean running around and drinking to the point of comatose mixed with a healthy dose of chocolate cake, cookies, and anything else resembling a fat kid’s wet dream
What it does mean is spending more time doing the things that matter
And if that means you have to treat every day as your birthday, then so be it
You can have your cake and eat it too…..365 days of the year. You just need to decide to live your life that way
If this sounds like something that resonates with you then I challenge you to dawn a birthday attitude tomorrow as soon as you wake up
And when people ask you why your so damn happy, tell them its your birthday (even when they wonder what it was they were doing at a bar with you a month ago involving a donkey and some cake)
Happy freaking birthday
Gabriel
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