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Student @ University of Abuja
Birthday blues
<p>The best part of your birthday?</p><p>The day after.</p><p>When the lies <a class="tc-blue" href="https://stop.When" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stop.When </a> no one expects you to feel special. When you’re just a person again, moving through a Thursday, existing without anyone watching.</p><p>Think about what actually happens on the day <a class="tc-blue" href="https://after.You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">after.You </a> wake up and there’s no pressure. No phone buzzing with messages you feel obligated to return. No one asking what plans you have for the day. The songs have been sung. The performance is <a class="tc-blue" href="https://over.You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">over.You </a> can take your time getting out of bed. You can do whatever you want without anyone needing a piece of you. You can sit in the quiet and simply exist.</p><p>The day after is the relief of being ordinary. <br/></p><p>Because ordinary, as it turns out, is its own kind of gift. Ordinary means no one is watching. Ordinary means you can wear whatever you want, go wherever you please, feel whatever rises naturally. Ordinary means you being entirely to yourself again.<br/></p><p>And maybe that’s what the BIRTHDAY BLUES were really asking for all <a class="tc-blue" href="https://along.Not" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">along.Not </a> for attention. Not for people to try harder. Just permission.</p><p>Permission to stop performing.</p><p>Permission to let the smile drop when no one’s looking. Permission to just be, without the weight of celebration pressing on your chest. Permission to exist quietly, without a single person asking if you’re having a good day.</p><p>The day after doesn’t ask if you’re having a good day. It doesn’t need you to be happy or grateful or anything at all. It just lets you be here. <br/></p><p><br/></p><p>And somehow, that’s exactly what you needed.</p>
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