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I’ve never really liked celebrating my birthday either. And a big part of it is definitely having to put on a face and act like I’m happy and joyous around people when I’m not.

I’ve thought about why I don’t like it a lot as well, and some of it relates to your own experiences but I also find it is that I have all these expectations of myself (most of which are unrealistic) and my birthday is a reminder that I haven’t lived up to those expectations and that I now have one less year of life left to do so.

Either way, I enjoyed this piece :)

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