Did you reach a neat milestone? Did you accomplish something? Did you find a better way to do something? Did you manage to get out of bed? Great work, celebrate it at [email protected]!
There’s so much doom and gloom throughout the world lately, that it can be hard to remember that good things are still happening. Joy is resistance, so shine on!
Birthdays and the like used to feel inherently special as a kid, as an adult no longer and it just feels like another day. But I still like to celebrate because it’s a nice excuse to see people I care about or treat myself to something nice, or to just relax. I don’t believe we should always do things just because that is what is done, but this is one place I’m happy to just do things because the rest of society does and thinks I “should.” We get something nice out of it, and those who are not interested in celebrating are free to opt out (which I’ve done a few times too, and didn’t regret it.)
For example, I don’t think Valentine’s Day itself is all that important, but it’s a good reminder to pay attention to your loved ones and spend time with them, and because it is enough of a societal thing there are things done (think a couples’ dinner special at a restaurant or something) to help you do just that. So a lot of people do celebrate on the day. Some will celebrate on a different day to avoid higher prices on the day of the usual celebration. Some will totally disregard.
But that’s just me. It might be different for others.
Thank you for sharing.
Yeah pretty much, as a kid special days were special due to some outside force(probably parents) or inherently special. As an adult, that aspect seems to have completely disappeared. So I’ve always struggled to find a reason why those should be special as there isn’t any force actually compelling me to celebrate those and often times there isn’t any energy left over for unnecessary activities either.