Hi everyone!
So……….. Apparently this weekend I am turning 27!? It’s funny because it seemed like a short while ago when I was still 20 haha… Where did the last 7 years go!?
(They say that time flies when you get older. One day I’ll be 65 and think, “Where did the last 45 years go!?”)
To be absolutely, positively honest, I am not fond of my own birthday. I LOVE birthdays and celebrating them with other people. However, when it comes to my own birthday… I’ve been terrified of this day since October.
Being an introvert, I dislike being in the centre of attention. I also don’t want people to feel like they have to get me a present. (Psst… Because, well, now that I am an adult, I don’t always get my friend birthday presents. Terrible friend I am, I know!)
On the other hand, I do want to be surrounded by other people on my birthday. So… What happens is that each year on January 7, I invite my friends out to dinner hoping that no one knows that it is my birthday. The latter is only sometimes successful :’)
However, I have no qualms with the “getting older” aspect of birthdays. I really do believe in one year older, one year wiser. Looking back, there are things that I am glad to have learned, that I didn’t realize 7 years back.
Here are some things I’ve learned 🙂
27) Tea should be steeped for 2 minutes, not 20
26) Drive to Toronto after 6PM, not before
25) The road to hell is paved by adverbs but
24) It is really hard to not use adverbs
23) If I write a chapter a day, I can finish a book, however
22) Editing is HARD
21) I may never be 84 pounds but
20) I can run 30 kilometres and
19) Hold an Ayesha or Brass Monkey
18) I am an introvert
17) So are Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, and JK Rowling
16) I pay lip-service to travelling but
15) My favourite part is FLYING and DRIVING
14) To be honest I don’t mind a staycation
13) My passport may be Canadian, and I love Canada and Canadians but
12) I am forever Chinese (and proud)
11) I can be alone without being lonely
10) Less is better
9) Stay away from negativity because
8) There is a silver lining in most situations and
7) I am very extremely superbly lucky
6) Adulting is hard (job, rent, making your own food)
5) That dream we dreamed as little kids seem far away but
4) Hold on, small steps, set goals
3) Rome was not built in a day
2) Measure my accomplishments by myself, not others
1) Never ever stop dreaming
Photos courtesy of Pinterest 🙂
And adulting is hard… but I love where you ended this post!!
SOPHIE LI 
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