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13 Birthday Ideas For Adults That Are More Fun Than Going Out To Dinner

Looking for birthday ideas for adults? Want to celebrate your birthday in a way that's more fun than a dinner out? Click through for meaningful birthday tips for grownups!

Birthday ideas for adults are often …. lacking, aren’t they?

It seems like our options are often limited to:

  • Corralling friends into a dinner out (but trying to do it on your Actual Birthday is nearly impossible plus budgets and traffic and dietary restrictions?)
  • Traveling (Which is awesome! But not always financially or logistically feasible)
  • Scrolling through all the Facebook birthday notifications and eating cake in the break room at work (When you’re really more of a pie person, anyhow.)

Today is my 39th birthday. We spent the last five days celebrating my birthday/our anniversary with a trip to Massachusetts and Vermont, but my thirst for celebration has yet to be quenched! I’m still going! If you’re looking for ways to celebrate your birthday, keeping reading.

13 Birthday Ideas For Adults That Are More Fun Than Going Out To Dinner

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True Story: I Was In Federal Prison

True Story: I Was In Federal Prison

Meg and her son, while she was incarcerated Tell us a bit about yourself! I'm Meg Worden. I am a writer, a health coach and a single mom to a 13-year-old boy. I get to do the things that I love and it’s infinitely rewarding. I’ve found that entrepreneurship is a great way to avoid answering the “felony” question at job interviews - a more painful process than you might imagine. I believe in art,...

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Mornings In: The Canary Islands

Mornings In: The Canary Islands

Name: Katharina Sommerkamp Hometown: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) Age: 31 Occupation: Project & Account manager – though currently on a mini-sabbatical! My alarm is set for I always leave my blinds open and wake up naturally with the sunlight some time between 7:00 and 8:00 am. If I have an early appointment, I will also set my Phillips wake up light accordingly....

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True Story: I Live In A Haunted House

True Story: I Live In A Haunted House

Annie's house Tell us a bit about yourself! My name is Annie and I’m from Minnesota. I’m partial to interesting old houses and historic river towns. I make my living as a writer. Growing up, what were your feelings about the paranormal? I’ve been interested in ghosts and scary stories since childhood. Several factors contributed to this fascination with the spirit world. My Irish grandma used to...

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6 Blog Design Tweaks That Will Make Your Site More Popular + Profitable

6 Blog Design Tweaks That Will Make Your Site More Popular + Profitable

This guest post comes to us via Sarah Morgan. When she’s not busy training as an aerialist, you can find her on XOSarah.com inspiring her readers to turn their passions into a job they love and build strong, successful brands online. You've got an amazing program, a budding business, or a killer product, but your website isn't holding on to as many visitors as you'd like. They might be showing...

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Cheapskate Guide To: Columbus, Ohio

Cheapskate Guide To: Columbus, Ohio

The Heart of It All, The Buckeye State, Round on the ends and HI in the middle… no matter what you call it, Ohio is quite possibly the most quintessential middle-America state. (Look, I know it’s not technically anywhere near the actual middle of America so don’t tweet me about it, just roll with the metaphor here). And smack dab in the center of this vast state is Columbus, the capital and my...

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True Story: I’m Legally Blind

True Story: I’m Legally Blind

Tell us a bit about yourself! I'm Steff Green (known on the Internet as Steff Metal). I'm a 29-year-old writer, blogger, wedding celebrant, ex-archaeologist and heavy metal maiden living in Auckland, New Zealand with my cantankerous drummer husband and our cats Levi (aka Chairman Meow) and Socrates. I just published my debut novel, At War with Satan, an apocalyptic heavy metal satire that's been...

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