MAr 6/22 - How to make yourself count...

Soaking it up in the hot springs!

This is about birthdays. How many of you reading this have great birthdays?  How many of you say, it's just another day or wait to see if your family or significant other “plans” something?

Well guess what, you will be disappointed, every single year! One thing I have realized is that YES your birthday is important, it means you aren’t dead. The day when I turn 62 and surpass my late mom's age will be a day for sure. Guess what? You WANT to get older, the alternative is not the best outcome so CELEBRATE your day. I can tell you one thing, my mom would have loved to be 62 but that never happened. Life is precious so treat yourself!

Treating myself to a cheesy molcajete bowl in San Jose del Cabo

This is YOUR day, you were born for a reason, you are living for a reason and this is the day to make sure your day goes EXACTLY how you want. Trust me, you need to plan it.

I had my first child at 24 and had 3 girls by the time I was 30. On my 30th birthday my friends who all turned 30 within a week of me decided we need a spa day. Not just a mani/pedi spa but a full on SPA DAY with the expensive spa lunch. We spent ALL day at the spa and I have to say it changed my whole view on birthdays. That was my first time ever in a spa and I can tell you it hasn’t been my last! I LOVE going to get pampered!

My birthday spa day
Flora Farms, Cabo San Lucas, MX

Now I go to the spa every single birthday, no matter what! Going to a spa is a luxury and I am worth it. I take the ENTIRE day to do whatever I want. Now that my kids are grown and out of the house I up’d the game. My birthday is in March and it is freaking cold in March in Canada so I have vowed that I will be on a beach every single birthday from now on until the day I die. The beach with a spa of course. Due to the 2020/2021 crap that went on I didn’t get to fulfill my beach vow until 2022 but I was on a beach in 2022, I was in the spa, I had a beach massage, I went out for lunch AND dinner and I had chocolate and wine and it was a fabulous day!

My girls know that I love the spa and so they gave me a spa gift certificate to Flora Farms in Cabo San Lucas, MX and it turned out to be an amazing day that I planned to be exactly what I needed it to be. It was wonderful, it was invigorating and it was a great way to turn 48. I also believe every 5yrs is a milestone and that means an extra special birthday. Not sure if that means an entire birthday weekend or an extra special trip or special, expensive spa treatments but 50 will be memorable! I will guarantee myself that!

My girls and I in Cabo

Thank you for following my journey to writing a book series!
Stay Balanced, 
​LeeAnna