Happy birthday to me!

[aroraborealis]

"People are so perplexing. It's like they don't know that pleasure is one of the main reasons to live." -contessagrrl

It's my birthday! Happy birthday to me! But wait! Before you wish me a happy birthday, you have a mission:

I need your help celebrating my birthday. I need you to go into your day with a curious mind, and the intent to do something that gives you pleasure and/or joy, something that makes you laugh, maybe something that scares you a little but makes you happier for having done it. It doesn't have to be big! It could be watching a funny video on youtube, or stopping to smell flowers while you walk around your neighborhood, or taking a bus to a part of town you've never visited. Or it can be huge! It could be telling someone you love them with no expectation of reciprocation, or jumping off the high dive for the first time, or letting yourself love yourself.

Then, once you've done that, you can come back here and wish me a happy birthday, and if you want to tell me about how you treated yourself right today, I'd love to hear that, too.

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[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Today I'll be playing in the kitchen with the intent of creating havoc untold and possibly the result will be some really decent zucchini chips (recipe gleaned from Pinterest). It's my intent to discover ways to fill my salty/snacky cravings with healthy goodness. This is a way to treat myself right. And I shall dedicate the endeavor to the honor of your day.

Tonight there will be an installment of Bab5 night with local co-workers of J who have never seen it (?!). This is our way of sharing the Joy and I'll dedicate that to your day too.

Happy birthday!

ETA: I realize that you'd asked that people do their things first and then report back to you, but I suspect that the next time I'm online will be after tonight's festivities and thus it might not be your birthday anymore. So I jumped the gun a bit.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

That sounds delightful! Hooray!