I never miss an opportunity to pop the bubbly! Though, there are many ways to celebrate life and all its badassery & awesomeness, sans booze!
Time is a finite resource.
I find myself saying this often. Our years, months, weeks, days… minutes are limited. Our moments are limited.
It may be easy to get caught up in the drudgery of everyday living. Sledging through nine-to-five and spending Sunday dreading Monday. Living for the weekend or your next planned vacation.
On the flip side: it may also be easy to get caught up in the extraordinary moments of everyday living.
First off, are there every any ordinary moments? There was a 1 in 400 trillion chance that you would be born, just as you are – in all your unique awesomeness (Mel Robins’ Ted Talk “How To Stop Screwing Yourself Over” is magnificent, cited portion starts at minute 7:00). We are literally made of stardust. Second, there are many things that deserve to be recognized, honored, celebrated.
Anyone who knows me knows I honor many “-iversary’s.” Some of these are difficult. Such as Angel Days (Anniversary date of a loved one’s passing). Some of these “iversary’s” are really quiet fun. I am always UP, DOWN, and IN to remember from whence I came and honor the journey.
-iversary Examples:
- Skateivarsary, July 27th – the day I first took to the ice in 2011.
- California-versary, August 3rd – the day Jaede (1 of 3 of my cats!) and I arrived in California after a 3-day journey across the country, 2005.
- First-Date-iversary, August 25th – the first date with my now husband, each year we go back to that restaurant and honor the day we met.
- Friendiversary, October 17th – a 4-martini dinner wherein a great friend and I first gushed to each other about how fond we had grown of one another.
- Yogaversary, March 2nd – the day I first arrived on my yoga mat and adopted a regular yoga practice that endures to this day.
As you can see, there are many things to honor and celebrate! While I cherish the above dates, this does not preclude me from celebrating a random Tuesday.
Celebrating life’s-iversaries can mean popping a bottle of Dom Perignon White Gold Jeroboam (only $40,000!) or a bottle of Cook’s Brut (a staggering $5.99, on sale!). Though, celebrating life’s-iversaries can mean many other things as well. It can mean honoring a special day by spending a few moments thinking about all the amazing things that have happened since that faitful day “x” years ago. It can be as simply as laughing with a friend as you share a fond memory of the -iversary. A Yogaversary can be celebrated by rolling your mat out with a friend. A Friendiversary can be celebrated over a cup o’joe and shared laughter (or a re-creation of the 4-martini dinner, I’m not judging!).
Let us not forget all the totally made up Faux-Holidays! Why not celebrate a few of those? Personally, I’m not jumping on board for National Donut Day (first Friday in June, you’re welcome). But I’m all over National Friendship Day (first Sunday in August in the US). That day was an opportunity to send fun memes to my cousin/best friend/sister I am glad I never had.
… but seriously, #TRUTH
Life is short. Time is finite. Honor Life’s beautiful moments and the memories you cherish. Honor those. Celebrate your life. Celebrate accomplishments – in all ranges. Celebrate accomplishments from “I passed the bar!” to “I got out of bed and sort-of adulted today!”
Life is meant to be celebrated. In all your stardust glory, celebrate!
“On particularly rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%… and that’s pretty good.”
– Unknown
“Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.”
– R. D. Laing
- Having the Time of My Life — Adult Ice Skating - January 8, 2018
- 30 Days of Gratitude – Day 30 - November 30, 2017
- 30 Days of Gratitude – Day 29 - November 29, 2017
Jane
I am sure this paragraph has touched all the internet
people, its really really fastidious piece
Of writing.
healthy
You’ve made some really good points there. I checked on the internet for additional
information abou the issue and found most individuals will go along with your views on thus site.