The 5 Best Things about Birthdays
1. Calories don't count on your birthday. Don't make me try to explain the science of it.. but it's true! It's like your body still remembers the trauma of the whole "being born" thing, and so it cuts you some slack on this day every year. You can have cake and ice cream for every meal, some pasta and steak and fried whatever in between then spend all night drinking margaritas and mudslides, and your clothes are still going to fit just fine the next day!! Go ahead: indulge. Being born was tough, you know.
2. It's the only day of the year when Facebook actually makes you feel good about yourself. You wake up to posts wishing you "Happy Birthday!" and telling you to "Have a great day!" from people that you thought had forgotten all about you. (Frankly, you had forgotten all about some of them..) All day long you get posts and messages and sure, it only take like a millisecond to type those 13 birthday words, but still, someone took that millisecond and spent it on you!
3. People are going to take you more seriously now that you're a year older. This is a universal truth (until you hit your 80's- then you start losing credibility again). When you're nine, you can't get your ears pierced or own a BB gun, but then you turn ten and people are like, "Well, you are ten now." It's the same in your twenties. When you stand up to give presentations at work or make business contacts, people give you more respect the older you are. You can't even run for presidency until you're 35. You have to admit, it's easier to get credibility and respect when you have a few gray hairs and some laugh lines. Embrace it!
4. Your mail doesn't entirely consist of pay day loan scams and credit card solicitations; you get cards and stuff! Since most of your friends and family are like you and may not have been totally on the ball about getting your card in the mail, you get to enjoy happy mail for like a week! You put the cards on the fridge or on top of your dresser as a reminder that yeah, people really love you, and they sent you a card to remind you.
5. You get a fresh start! Even though you might not be totally psyched to be turning a whole year older, a year closer to well, death, you get to put that last year behind you and move on. It's kind of like New Year's, except that it's just for you so the gym isn't going to be completely packed like those first two weeks of January. You can make resolutions and and take what you've learned in the past year and try not to screw up your new year. You're twenty-(six) now. Things are going to be different. Things are going to be great.
2. It's the only day of the year when Facebook actually makes you feel good about yourself. You wake up to posts wishing you "Happy Birthday!" and telling you to "Have a great day!" from people that you thought had forgotten all about you. (Frankly, you had forgotten all about some of them..) All day long you get posts and messages and sure, it only take like a millisecond to type those 13 birthday words, but still, someone took that millisecond and spent it on you!
3. People are going to take you more seriously now that you're a year older. This is a universal truth (until you hit your 80's- then you start losing credibility again). When you're nine, you can't get your ears pierced or own a BB gun, but then you turn ten and people are like, "Well, you are ten now." It's the same in your twenties. When you stand up to give presentations at work or make business contacts, people give you more respect the older you are. You can't even run for presidency until you're 35. You have to admit, it's easier to get credibility and respect when you have a few gray hairs and some laugh lines. Embrace it!
4. Your mail doesn't entirely consist of pay day loan scams and credit card solicitations; you get cards and stuff! Since most of your friends and family are like you and may not have been totally on the ball about getting your card in the mail, you get to enjoy happy mail for like a week! You put the cards on the fridge or on top of your dresser as a reminder that yeah, people really love you, and they sent you a card to remind you.
5. You get a fresh start! Even though you might not be totally psyched to be turning a whole year older, a year closer to well, death, you get to put that last year behind you and move on. It's kind of like New Year's, except that it's just for you so the gym isn't going to be completely packed like those first two weeks of January. You can make resolutions and and take what you've learned in the past year and try not to screw up your new year. You're twenty-(six) now. Things are going to be different. Things are going to be great.
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