I’m older than you and your interests sound a lot more exciting than mine, lol. Nothing to be ashamed of. Typically I seem to base my self worth based on how much attention I get on my birthday and from who. This can backfire a lot. I have always done the same thing for my birthday - the main event is going to a very specific buffet for dinner. So last year we went to my little cousin’s birthday party (she was born within a few days of my birthday year before, her birthday party was on my birthday) which was very nice seeing family and feeling happy for her parents and their little one. Then heading out for the dinner after with my parents. Unfortunately it wasn’t going to be a good one anyway as my girlfriend couldn’t be there for legal reasons.
My advice to you would just to not be so hard on yourself if you don’t get everything done- sometimes you could go out of your birthday and relax the next day. I generally observe mine over a period of a few days. It makes things a lot less stressful.



























This theory sounds interesting… Any more on this?