banishing the birthday blues

The end of my birthday week...wahey!



I know this may seem a strange sentiment, however, I'm so relieved it's all by for another year. Wow it's stressful!

What do you want for your birthday?

What do you want to do for your birthday?

Are you wanting a party?

Sorry I couldn't see you on your birthday?

etc. etc. etc. etc....

I would prefer to slink slowly and silently into my next era, unnoticed and apathetically. It seems people feel a pressure to perform on your birthday for your entertainment. That may have been welcomed in my younger years as it may still do with you younger pups out there, but I'm older, wiser, and a whole lot more unstable now (only joking (a bit)).

Intriguing how your outlook changes. I remember being that young whipper-snapper who said:-

I'll never be like that!

I don't understand why they don't do it like..

I can hardly wait until I'm older so I can...

I wonder what I'll look like when I'm older?

Why doesn't everyone...

Well, now I am older (the grand old age of 30, no sniggering please), married, chidren, hair loss, fighting middle aged spread, slower (physically and mentally), reflective, regretful, etc. etc. etc...Never before has the boring and ever-so-annoying saying rung so true that 'youth is wasted on the young'.

So instead of New Year's resolutions, I have created my very own halfway-through-life resolutions. Don't know if I should share them with you bunch, though they are straight-forward and sensible:

Only do things that make you and those around you happy.

Stay in control at all times, as this will lead to only contentment.

Negative thoughts and feelings are exactly what they are: negative, and nothing positive can come from them.

Don't concentrate on yourself or the way that others may portray you, as this leads to insecurities and false characteristics.

Try and fit as much as you can into every day that you are alive, idleness is certainly a devil sponsored activity.



This may seem a negative and slightly nostalgic blog, however, it is entirely the opposite. It is full of positivity regarding the future and a means of safe-guarding me and my family and friend's happiness.



Empower yourself mentally and spiritually to build a barrier against external and uncontrollable forces.



Word for today: beguiling