I’ve been feeling a little ‘meh’ about this birthday (which I suppose is to be expected the year after a milestone age). Happy birthday to me. Guess I’m forty-something now.
Partly this is due to looking back at past birthday / new year posts and feeling like I claim to have learnt the same lessons every year but never put them into practice. Change has to be gradual, I suppose, but I would like it to hurry up a bit. However, I am feeling fairly happy and positive about the upcoming year, and also feeling able to be more kind to myself going forward.
Anyway, today has been lovely as usual. I finally got to do a birthday parkrun! I opened presents and ate birthday cake and played videogames. Perfect.
Hoping to feel a tiny bit better about forty-two this time next year!