From A to Z by me

OK, it is official! I am getting old (like it is big news for you). I am hitting 1/4 of the century on Saturday. This triggered my quarter life's crisis (apparently this really exists): you know when you start comparing yourself to your friends (oh yeah, she got already her own place, better job, new outfits every week etc.), you tart being too hard on yourself of what not achieving what others are expecting from you, that might be yours unreasonable set targets even. According to some studies (sorry can not remember the source but I read it in one of the magazines, I swear) young people in their 20's are put under lot of pressure and comparing to the life achievements their parents have achieved by that age, however keeping in mind the different economical situation, they feel useless, pity them selves and usually are under loads of stress which leads to psychological problems. It used to be a joke about the midlife crisis hitting older men (buying new sports car, getting a bimbo to boost the self esteem and at the end getting back to his wife whom he was happily married before the crisis hit him) but now it seems it is getting us at earlier state of life and it is not about the spending and splashing cash as we (I refer to all youngsters) do not have enough of them as we didn't get the job we went for when we done a degree in university which left us in debt (some of my friends are still paying the loans back, poor thing), we do some average paid jobs (and you start thinking why the hell I went to uni and spend all that money and still doing it), or "the best scenario" getting redundant after all that economy crisis (just as soon as you settled in the nice office, started to enjoy your new job and dreamed about getting everyone to notice you), going back to live your parents as you can not afford renting the place on your own (my worst nightmare, I love my parents dearly but living on my own for 7 years taught me my own way of running my place, doing house keeping etc). I guess, I shouldn't complain so much, I might not be having a dream job but I like it enough, it pays my rent, my holidays, my addiction of shopping. I do not have a loan to pay for my studies (good on me and the EU government). Enjoying the life is my main priority now: I love being with my friends, spending my time with my man, going for short breaks, visiting my family every now and then (I do it quiet often now, sometimes even twice a month as it is a good way to save money, going there means getting place and food free of charge).
So what is my plan for my B'day? Well, I done the big celebration back home like few weeks ago (early bird party): sauna + drinks = very bad hangover the day after but I had fun having my dearest around me. This Saturday me and my best friend is going for a male striptease show in West End (bring it on!), having few drinks with some other friends later and maybe Sunday I will go carting (this is pending as I am not sure how I feel the next day and my man is off, so...). There must also be some kind of the party on Friday as someone is having a birthday on the same day as me (a girl from work to be precise), so home party at hers (might pop in there, depends on the mood, however, my friend and me decided to be like a "YES Man" character, always say yes). I had a plan to skip UK for this weekend but again, the man, he didn't get the days off, so I am here as being alone on your birthday is not the best idea.
Happy B'day to everyone and enjoy it! (as I will for sure, will try to upload some pics from the West End night). I am going to embrace my new gained status (I am not in my early 20's anymore, the box I will need to tick now is late 20's): with age comes experience and many more, so bring it on!