Tomorrow I turn 26. so funny, I don't feel the difference from being 24 or 25. Because I think the life is in the current, and happens day by day, minute after minute. All these dates & milestones anyways are just mark-ups invented by us. 25 December is Christmas for some, and a normal day for others, every celebration is only in the attitude, not in the date itself.
And so I think our life changes when something happens: events, decisions, meeting other people - not when your calendar turns and you mark up another year in the birthday celebrations tradition... Birthday is just a moment in time to stop and take notice.
I think the fast-paced life I lived in my teenage and early 20s made me used to the changes; I feel like nothing special or significant happened in the last year or two, while before something quite radically changed almost every year.
I want new challenges and new surroundings; new conversations and new motivations.
How am I going to make my next year the most exciting year yet??
And so I think our life changes when something happens: events, decisions, meeting other people - not when your calendar turns and you mark up another year in the birthday celebrations tradition... Birthday is just a moment in time to stop and take notice.
I think the fast-paced life I lived in my teenage and early 20s made me used to the changes; I feel like nothing special or significant happened in the last year or two, while before something quite radically changed almost every year.
I want new challenges and new surroundings; new conversations and new motivations.
How am I going to make my next year the most exciting year yet??
Labels: birthday, thoughts and feelings, turning 26
Yes, last Saturday was my birthday, and I am proud to say I'm 24 now! (well can't hide it with public profile anyways, can you?) Younger than some, older than some, and always happy with my current age :)
I was, am and will be living one of greatest life experiences.
So grateful for everything that happened in my life. For everyone whom I met on my way.
Life is awesome :)
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Well if you ask me how was actually my birthday here in Australia - it was great.
It was finally Saturday! So the whole day of doing anything I want...
The weather was perfect, and I had a picnic in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens with some of my friends.
One of highlights was definitely a poetry reading competition. Everyone had to come up with a short poem in their own language, and well, the creativty of some people was great - if you don't know the real poem, just tell a story about shoes! hehe was soooo funny - oh well, there are a couple of videos, here's to evidence!..
Marina, Darius, Gabi, Ana, Jem, Su, Sid, me
(well there were only a couple of actual poems - Ana, Chinny, Marina, Gabi - the rest were - hmm - improvisations :)
I "lost" voleyball game, and to make my birthday experience great, my friends made me running around the park and shouting "I'm crazy", "I love Australia". yeah. lot's of fun here, right... :)
pretty happy crowd and myself actually :)
Me and Su (my favorite picture of the day!..)
Me, Su, Jem - our Happy House of 3 (YES, this is how we call our home :)
The evening continued with a dinner (yes, I cooked it myself!) with some more people, and then we went - but of course - partying! At 3.30 me, Jem and Su were in Chine town eating peking duck, and at 4.30 we were finishing the night with some more champaigne at home...
Oh yes, that was a great day :)
I'll definitely remember my australian birthday, with the warmest feeling :)
I'm 24, I graduated 2 years ago, I'm working 4th year full time, I was leading one of biggest youth organizations, in Russia and internationally. I lived in Belarus, Russia, Netherlands, Australia; I travelled 24 countries on all continents. I loved, I was heart-broken, I was winning and was failing (however winning more often I believe :) I made many dear friends, I grew, I understood more about life and about myself.
I was, am and will be living one of greatest life experiences.
So grateful for everything that happened in my life. For everyone whom I met on my way.
Life is awesome :)
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Well if you ask me how was actually my birthday here in Australia - it was great.
It was finally Saturday! So the whole day of doing anything I want...
The weather was perfect, and I had a picnic in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens with some of my friends.
One of highlights was definitely a poetry reading competition. Everyone had to come up with a short poem in their own language, and well, the creativty of some people was great - if you don't know the real poem, just tell a story about shoes! hehe was soooo funny - oh well, there are a couple of videos, here's to evidence!..
Marina, Darius, Gabi, Ana, Jem, Su, Sid, me
(well there were only a couple of actual poems - Ana, Chinny, Marina, Gabi - the rest were - hmm - improvisations :)
I "lost" voleyball game, and to make my birthday experience great, my friends made me running around the park and shouting "I'm crazy", "I love Australia". yeah. lot's of fun here, right... :)
pretty happy crowd and myself actually :)
Me and Su (my favorite picture of the day!..)
Me, Su, Jem - our Happy House of 3 (YES, this is how we call our home :)
The evening continued with a dinner (yes, I cooked it myself!) with some more people, and then we went - but of course - partying! At 3.30 me, Jem and Su were in Chine town eating peking duck, and at 4.30 we were finishing the night with some more champaigne at home...
Oh yes, that was a great day :)
I'll definitely remember my australian birthday, with the warmest feeling :)
