Aren´t you going to wish me a happy birthday? Today, two years ago, I opened my account on Steem
In fact you know what, forget about it
I know, I know, in the past I´ve written about recognizing and elebrating small victories but to be honest, I have always had a problem with celebrating birthdays. I´t not that I think they are not important, it´s just that they are not very important to me
I like celebrating victories no matter how small they are, I enjoy recognizing my accomplishments and it´s important for me to cheer when I achieve my goals. And yeah, in the end, being born is not any of this, it´s just a random date where we just happened to start existing (please let´s not get into the "when does life start" argument and lead this into a pro-against abortion) and it just happens to be our birthday date.
Don´t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with celebrating your birthday and liking to be the center of attention on that day, in fact, 99.99% of people like to make a big deal about the importance of making this day special. In fact, I find it interesting and entertaining to attend birthday celebrations.
I guess that, by now you already realized this post is not about my Steemversary but about the social event we call birthdays.
Yeah yeah, you already know that sometimes I clickbait you guys so I get some attention and interaction on my posts, so I thought that a Steemversary post sounds more appealing to Eric´s opinion about birthday celebrations.
I don´t like celebrating birthdays, but that doesn´t mean that I can´t appreciate the pros of keeping score of certain dates in our life. This morning I woke up to a 
It´s been two years now, and I can´t help but to take a trip down memory lane and analyze how my Steem journey has been, what have I accomplished, where have I failed, what I could´ve done better, which decisions were correct and which brought only regret into my Steem life.
I am satisfied. Could it have been better? Probably. Do I wish it was? Maybe not. Would I do anything different? Hell no.
You see, just like in real life, birthdays - or anniversaries as I like to call them - are a good moment to reflect on where we´ve been, where we are and where we want to be. To compare our present to how we pictured it one year ago, to keep track of how good (or bad) we are doing nowadays.
Are you where you want to be? Are you still working towards achieving your dreams? Are you on the right path?
I usually go deeper into these topics on my posts, but this one is different. I´m not planning to share about myself this time or to close with a witty line or a deep quote. This time, I´ll just end with a question that you may or may not like.
Should birthdays be all about celebrating, or about relecting about the past, the present and the future?Should we consider them a reason to party or meet our loved ones, or should we think of them as an opportunity to keep track on how close we are to being the best version of ourselves we can be, that one we idealized when we were 7 years old, that person we dreamt of being when we were 16 years old, that human being we want to remember when we turn 89 years old and we look back, and take a trip down memory lane, as we did every single year before.