came pretty close to this

from regarding, discussing the best way to handle one’s birthday:

In case I haven’t told you yet, it’s important that you know that we have devised the ultimate birthday plan for those who dislike birthday plans. What you do is, whoever’s birthday it is gets to do whatever they want for 24 hours, and the other person (if you are partnered; if not god help you) “joyfully facilitates.” On its surface this method seems to be about hedonism, and it is, but on a deeper level it’s really about trying to live fully in the moment, for just one day. None of us live in the moment, because it’s impossible. Dudes study for years to become Buddhist monks just to start learning how to do it. But for your birthday, you are supposed to take a deep breath and let go of everything that prevents you from living in the moment in your normal life:
– worrying about what the other person might want to do
– worrying about work you should be doing
– planning of all kinds