I will be 28. That is all. I usually only use this site for battling and getting my boy, Remlik, buff AF. I have recently decided to go back to school to finally get a degree and am finding myself a little on the outside of the social spectrum now. Whereas 10 years ago I was known as a social butterfly. I have recently decided to try and write down my thoughts more, since I don't really see any opportunity to genuinely converse with those around me. My job keeps be around people who are 15-20 years my senior, and now I am surrounded by people who are 10-12 years my junior. Is it strange that I feel almost out-of-touch at this age? As an adult that adults in the adult world, I usually never even mention it is my birthday to people on the day itself. It is a bit depressing the amount of people that I interface with IRL and the very little amount that are close enough to me to actually know my birthday, which is pretty much just my family. It's a weird thing as you get older. A mix of joy and existential dread. I dunno, maybe I've just been rewatching too much Evangelion. Either way, happy birthday to me and all the other March birthday homies on here. Picses FTW. Feel free to give yourself a birthday shout out in the thread if you want as well.

Vioran years? So you're not piceses?

What is a Vioran year?

Just googled Vioarn and it just thinks I misspelled Violin. So, no idea what you are talking about my dude.

So, what happens every 9.36 years? How do you mark the occasion?

What would you say you are typically doing on these days though? Do you just let the day happen to you as it will, or do you have any traditional habits that you observe only on this day? Also, you mentioned hard copy, what is your book bound in?

Hell yeah boi make that paper. How many copies would you make? Will they be purchasable?

What would it take to make a significant change in your life? I'm interested in getting a copy reserved.

Yeah I watched that video after reading your first response. So does that video sum up how you view yourself? Or just the kind of peopl eyou enjoy? Or both?

I also somewhat recently went back to school (last fall). I'll be 26 this month and I can relate to feeling like I'm very distanced from some of my much younger classmates. Even when they're just 24 or 22, they feel so much more... clueless. When I was working I also had coworkers who were much older and I felt like I could relate to them more than I can my younger classmates. I don't think it's weird you feel out of touch already. The transition from being in school to finally being in the workplace is huge. I will say though, I had a much older classmate in uni and it was possibly one of the most important connections of my life. I don't think being one of the older students is bad at all.

As for people knowing your birthday, well.. It's true this is one of the things that gets less important as you grow older. Kids get to have birthday parties but adults are left with things like facebook messages. I don't personally mind that few people know what my birthday is. I don't want tens of empty messages on my facebook I have to respond to with equally empty thank you's. I'm fine with remembering my birthday myself and making my own cake, and otherwise celebrating in my own way, lol.

Particularly when it came to work, I felt more powerful when not intentionally revealing things like mye birthday or my age, or where I was from, what my story was, and so on. Something like a birthday becomes an intimate thing known only by those close to me. I think that there is a joy to be had in that as well.

Happy belated birthday to you. I'm technically an Aries, not a Pisces, but it's so close to the shift that I think of myself as a bit of both.

Thank you so much for the belated wish, and that is not an empty thank you :)

I am kinda seeing what you mean with a younger classmate of mine currently. She seems to greatly value my input or thoughts, and even though it's still early in our time knowing each other we are getting that "I have known you for longer than I actually have" vibes. I do agree with you on the empowerment that comes from withholding information. I am not sad that people don't know my birthday. I do find myself to enjoy less people knowing my personal business, as you do. I think I was just thinking about how my younger self thought my life would be at this age. It ranged between having a large friend group that was like a family, to me just killing myself at 28. Obviously, the latter did not end up happening which I am very grateful for that and my life. It just feels weird being content, or at least on my way to contentment. And Aries, some of my best friends were Aries. March or April Aries?

Haha 😄 Ah, that's nice when you just click with someone.

Having a large friend group as a young adult was how I envisioned my life as well when I was a teen. And between daydreaming about various scenarios for my future life, also thinking "well, maybe I won't be alive at all". I still think I'm both terms, but I feel less miserable about my current circumstances than I did a few years back. So I hear you about feeling weird about being content.

And I'm a March Aries, haha. It's the 24th for me.

Yeah, I don't think people who think in those terms ever stop. Or maybe they do, and we are two people that need to continue to do some self-work. Either way I am glad we are both sounding like we have made some progress in our mental health and we both held on this far :)

Happy early Birthday! You got any plans this year?

No, I think that's true. It's always nice to hear when it gets better for people though 😊 it makes me hopeful that it'll keep improving for me as well.

And thank you 😄 I'm just making a cake. That's my favorite part anyway so I'm happy with it. Did you do anything for your birthday?

I am 100% sure it will with that attitude. And nah, I had to take a test and go to a couple of classes. I suppose my yearly white cake with peanut butter frosting is an event though :) It was delicious. What's your birthday cake?

ahh, ok. Kind of sucks when you have to go school/work on your birthday. Especially getting a test lol. And peanut butter frosting on a cake sounds really good 😄 I make a different cake every year, not sure what to go for this time. I'll probably just make a cheesecake though since it's easy.

Mine know when to step down.