I decided long ago that holidays, in general, are dumb wastes of time. I’m not religious, don’t enjoy spending time with my family, and don’t get to take days off for things like Veteran’s Day, so honestly I’d like to just skip all of the standard holidays if possible. I’m a scrooge like that.
One thing I can get behind is birthdays, though—I think it’s cool that everyone gets a day that’s all about them, and their friends come out and show their love and all that. It’s definitely justifiable merriment.
And while I say that now, I look back over the past year at how many birthday celebrations I flaked out on and how many birthday gifts I didn’t buy. So I’m thinking for the coming year being a good birthday friend will be my thing—I will show up, I will bring awesome gifts, and I will show my friends I love them.
I’m still not getting them anything for Christmas though.
