How introverted celebrated their birthday

It’s time to join Dara, Joanne, Sarah, Jen and Adrienne to share how we celebrate our birthdays. Good grief! I think I have spent most of my adult adult days because I am truly and really -really don’t like to be the center of attention. So, I think I will take a little creative freedom with today’s link. Not just answering How do you celebrate your birthday?I will stretch it a little How introverted celebrated their birthday-Because of that me: an introvert who likes to have fun … but please, don’t put me in the spotlight!

Shift from Kanak -Kanakak to Adult Birthday

I’m not always like this. Even though I am ashamed as a child (I am still shy), I don’t remember feeling scared when my mother arranged a birthday party. They are fun, and I really enjoy it. So I’m not sure when the shift occurs. Somewhere along the way – maybe in my teenage times or so I started hitting the big 0 – days began to feel less attractive and far more uncomfortable.

Only notes about the photo: Yes, it is a champagne glass that I hold – but I promise it’s empty, and I only drink fanta. Even if my eyes tell a different story!

Awkward tradition at work: birthday applause

I think the lack of enthusiasm to celebrate my birthday is worse by one of the more traumatized parts of my job in early childhood education.

Look, there is this tradition. Currently someone’s birthday – Is it a child or staff member – the whole group sang to sing a happy birthday. And it’s okay, I can overcome sitting there smiling awkwardly, but then … they clap. One applause for each year of your age.

Yes. That’s the thing.

One of the directors of our past really like this section. So much that he has clap children every year Your age. Yes, everyone, and after a few decades, it is the whole Lots clap the hands. I really feel sorry for the children because the small hands must hurt in the end! Fortunately, we didn’t do it anymore. Now, no one in the workplace is getting older than five. Five applause for everyone. And that’s good for me!

Positive Effect: Changing My Perspective on Birthdays

A few years ago, I started working with this positive positive colleague which was only full of excitement every day. He Love His birthday – and he celebrated it enthusiastically. It did help that he was only 30 years old, but I could imagine he would be like this until he was 100 years old. He is so full of young energy that is contagious. His birthday was the day after me (mine on the 18th and he was February 19), and he was happy to declare it “Sunday Birthday” every year.

One day, when we were in charge of playing, we even joked about declaring all the “birthday” February. Initially, I just thought, He is still young. Of course, he loved his birthday. But the more I see it really enjoyed it because he was grateful to be here, the more I began to think about my birthday.

Appreciate birthday gifts

For years, I lost the person I love. I have seen friends, younger than me, facing disease and difficulties. Some are no longer here to celebrate birthdays. And that is about me: Birthday is not guaranteed. They are privileges.

So I made a calm decision to stop afraid of them. To stop against them. And to start looking for ways to celebrate my birthday in a way that is felt Right For me, even if I still don’t like attention.

What is my ideal birthday like now

Calm celebration with family

These days, I remain simple. I usually spend my birthday with a close family. We will come out, or they will come, and we will only hang out and eat together. There is nothing big and there is definitely no surprise. If a friend asks what I do, sometimes I will go to lunch near or around my true birthday – but again, small and relaxed. This is how introverts celebrate their birthdays – in a way that feels comfortable, without pressure becomes the center of feared attention.

And if I can choose anything … I will dance

If I have to choose an ideal birthday celebration? That’s simple. The night, starting with a pleasant dinner at a restaurant, followed by dancing. Oh, how much I like to dance for decades -from disco to the 80s, 90s, and even in the 2000s with several spices and Ricky Martin hits, to Lady Gaga and two Lipa. There is no speech. There is no candle (but yes for Pavlova). Only me, music, and some people I love, dance like there is no tomorrow. I am an introvert dancing!

Celebrating Without Highlights: How Introverts Celebrate their Birthday

So no, I still don’t like being the center of attention – some do not change miraculously. But I have found a way to enjoy my birthday more today. Nothing more than above. Keep it simple, low, and do what feels right. There is no pressure, there is no big show … just marking the day with things that make me happy. I also like ideas Birthday-There is no attention, but because of that a good reason to consciously treat yourself, slow down a little, and enjoy small things.

How introverts celebrate their birthday: in a low and meaningful way

So while I may never be the one who has a big party. I have learned that birthdays do not have to be feared – they can look a little different. A calm lunch with family, comfortable night at home, or even dancing at night – whatever it is, this is about enjoying this moment. This is introverted celebrating their birthday: this can be low or full of pleasure as we want, as long as the focus is not on us. That’s when we really can relax and appreciate that day.

And that, for me, worthy of clapping – but only five times.