Celebrating my birthday today has definitely helped shed a new perspective on my life. Actually there hasnapos;t been much "celebrating" at all on my part and I donapos;t really plan on following through with any birthday cliches. Iapos;m not jaded, asking for pity, or being an ass, Iapos;d rather have an enjoyable day doing what makes me happy than mimicking lines from a childrenapos;s book. Iapos;ve heard countless times to "treat" myself with a food that is not in my diet or to splurge on an article of clothing if I see fit, but at the end of the day I am much happier following my normal routine and path that I have set out for myself. We never know what to expect from any other ordinary day so why should we expect more just because we happened to be born on a given day?
We all naturally have hopes, and with our annual birthdays we tend to get the hopes up in lieu of the fact that this is "my day" and I want all of my dreams to come true on this specific day... Or else When some or none of those hopes fall in our favor, we then get crushed because birthdays are supposed to be this huge, giant party that is built up by society. Iapos;ve learned not to let my expectations get the best of me, particularly in situations where Iapos;m programmed to expect the most.
I stumbled upon this new perspective through a trait I tend to take for granted sometimes: sincerity. My family and friends mean the world to me but it wasnapos;t until today that I realized that I could possibly mean the same to them. It began last night with a few early birthday texts, myspace comments, and facebook wall posts. I didnapos;t think much of it until I woke up this morning with text, after text, after text. I received, collectively, hundreds of calls, texts, messages, posts, comments, and e-mails from every person I could imagine. My family, of course, friends, peers, an internet zine, random fans, people whom I havenapos;t talked to in over a decade, and so on. It really put me back in my seat to realize that I have had an impact on all of these people in some way, shape, or form for them to go out of their way to wish me a happy birthday. The impact doesnapos;t have to be life-changing but itapos;s obviously enough for people to show their appreciation.
My birthday was spent like any other day on tour. I woke up at 7:30 AM, stretched, brushed my teeth and documented it, made my way to the breakfast room, had my hard-boiled eggs, turkey, oatmeal, coffee, and daily newspaper, proceeded to do my push-up routine, took a shower, checked out of the hotel only to sit in the van for 9-hours while we drove from Pocatello, Idaho to Kennewick, Washington to stay the night. We stopped for dinner at Qdoba and I had my status-quo meal of a grilled chicken salad, got back in the van and a few hours later made it to our hotel. Right now Iapos;m sitting in the laundry room catching up on the internet and making sure I have clean clothes for the next week or so. Just a normal day but it was made special by my family, friends, and peers.
Thanks to everyone for making my birthday something to remember. Itapos;s really the little things in life that go a long way and make more of an impact than any of us could imagine.
-JD
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