for the last few years Iβve booked off work for my birthday and treated myself to a me day. this consists of scheduling a massage or facial (truly the best), splurging on a nice lunch and dessert, and sometimes a movie!
For my birthday this year, I booked myself a room at a nice hotel, went to dinner and drinks with friends, then took myself to a spa the next day for a massage. Ended it feeling loved, relaxed, and refreshed!
Every year for my birthday I just pick something Iβve been wanting to do/go to and treat myself. Previously itβs been: going to a vibey dinner place, going to the aquarium and sitting in the leopard shark room, going to an art museum. I like the peace of doing something alone and getting to just be like wow what a fun life I live and how much more there is to see! I plan things with friends too sometimes but this little practice ensures that my birthday is satisfying to me in some way even if my friend plans dont always go as Iβd want.
Put on the robe, turn on adult swim or whatever, crank the ac, eat a late night snack in one bed and sleep in the other. The freedom of impersonal liminal space.
