Around 48 hours from now, I'll be officially existing in this world for 22 years. Some people would say that birthdays are just pointless celebrations which I also think as well. But after being alive for two decades now, I can say that birthdays are important.
Birthdays are like quest checkpoints in a game, it makes you feel accomplished. It makes you feel that another long part of your real-life journey has ended as a new one starts. Some people might think that this is just a trivial part of life but for someone who has experienced tons of circumstances, it makes me feel alive again. It reminds me that I've yet crossed another barricade, and another one awaits me again.
Have I spent the last 525 960 minutes of my life fully? I could say I've tried to but as the saying goes, not everything goes according to plan right? If I could scale it from 1 to 10, I'd give this year an 8/10. 8 for the times that I've given it my all, for the times that I have not given up. The missing two is for my regrets and disappointments that I never wanted to say and feel. I know that I made many mistakes but I never want to regret those.
So to sum it all up, I like birthdays, I love how it reminds me of everything that happened to me, I love how it makes me feel complete. This is just another egoistic post of me. Happy Birthday Oyasumii-kun.
-oya
10-31-15
