It was my birthday a few days ago, and now it is over. There are two days in the year where I feel a bit sad, or used to, when it gets over; My Birthday and Christmas. Now that I am growing older and things are getting too real, it doesn't matter because what I strive for in any of those days is some fun and relaxation and not necessarily celebratory. 

Since Christmas is a long way to go, we will keep that away and focus on the birthday. Well, I am not going to talk about how I celebrated my birthday but just the hangover of it. I intended to write it yesterday but I was still getting over the weariness of the trip I had because I had gone out of town during my birthday week. If I had written this yesterday, I would have had more to write and with feeling. 

So what is the birthday hangover? It is not just the hangover of a celebration as such. I go through this almost every birthday of mine and it gets worse if I didn't have a satisfactory birthday. So did I have a satisfactory birthday? Not satisfied enough but certainly not a disappointment. Maybe I am just tired after a long trip. 

The hangover sucks to be honest because one day you get a lot of attention and the next day, you are non-existent. It's not that I crave for attention but maybe a part of me wishes to be acknowledged on my birthday and five years ago, I stopped relying on people to make me feel special on my birthday and take it in my own hands. Do something more than I usually do. 

In the last five birthdays, except for two because of the lockdown, there was an upgrade of satisfaction and fun as I managed to have a good time without wondering who was going to wish me and who didn't. As a friend once told me, my birthday is my own; I second that. 

Having said that, I am open to anyone who brings me cake and sings me Happy Birthday (for example, my family and it did happen in the birthdays when they were present) Now that you are old enough, birthdays tend to be another day of the year and I don't want it to be great as such but maybe a normal, satisfactory day and if not, at least the days shouldn't be disappointing. And since there won't be people to make you feel good and special, it is upto you. I have taken the responsibility of making it my day. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But that's okay, at least I tried. You would feel disappointed if you haven't try. So if you have got 24 hours where 7 hours is for sleep leaving 17 hours out of which you take the 10 hours for yourself, in your control making your day while the remaining 7 hours is up to the others if they want. I am not giving my 17 hours of my birthday to others assigning them to make me feel special because I know I am not that important enough and that they also have a life. 

Overall if you ask me, my birthday was good. I am not 100% like in my last two birthdays but certainly not disappointed. 

2022 Birthday: The Best: 5 out of 5

2023 Birthday: A Good One: 4 out of 5

2024 Birthday: It was Good but then…: 4.6 out of 5

That's all for now. I will share more details about what I did on my 27th birthday. I am no longer in my mid-twenties.