This requires a little backstory: I don’t know about you, but I have spent YEARS worried about my birthday.
It was important to me so I always wanted to have good plans, made in advance that worked.
Ha! For at least 10 years (I should be ashamed to tell you) my birthdays have been anywhere from boring to disasters.
I, of course, blamed this on OTHER PEOPLE. LOL. Nope, it was ME.
The truth was that after a few screw ups eons ago (in my 20’s), I locked the “pattern” AND you guessed it…EXPECTED IT! Fearing it is EXPECTING IT.
When I got my advanced certification in Hypnotherapy a few years back the VERY FIRST thing I did was to hypnotize my “birthday” anxiety away! It went POOF and it felt kind of freaky NOT
freaking out because my birthday was 1 week away and I had no plans.
That was the beginning of me letting the Universe plan my birthday and holidays. I just watch and see what SHOWS up and go with it. (Last Christmas I felt I should stay Home – no cross country flights, no airline security, me in MY house for the 1st time, it was
wonderful).
This year for my July 6th bday I went with the flow and did a “no planning” short (90 min drive) up to Chattanooga, TN with my best friend, Victoria.
What I Did and You Should Shoot for in
August:
(1) Always look pretty/handsome on your birthday or at least ONE day per month. It just FEELS good.
(2) It’s nice to be the passenger – you get to see so much more than driving even
right where you live.
(3) Find time to stop at THAT store/place you keep passing – we found an antique mall in the middle of nowhere during a rainstorm. We NEED little adventures. Give yourself 15 mins without rushing.
(4) Be kind to strangers in restaurants seated near you. I welcomed a lovely older man eating alone into my gift opening and laughter. He anonymously bought our lunch! THANK YOU!
(5) Experiences don’t have to be SUPER SIZED. I ate ice cream. I bought incense & a wood wick candle. We walked
along the river for 45 mins. I had my feet in the water for 5 and it felt luxurious!