Are Birthdays Getting Out of Hand? | Expectations & Friendship Breakups Are Real | Get The Gist

About this episode

The episode discusses the pressures surrounding modern birthday celebrations and the dynamics of friendship breakups.

This week on Get The Gist, we’re asking the real question… when did birthdays become this stressful?  From the era of Akon (an actual icon, by the way 🐐) to today’s pressure-filled birthday culture, we’re breaking it all down: 🎂 Planning birthday surprises - thoughtful or too much pressure? 🍸 Are birthday dinners and trips getting out of hand?🫠 Are you expecting too much from your friends? 🍕 Should dinner and drinks still be split separately? 🙃 And most importantly… are you even enjoying your birthday anymore? One Bad One Good (20:31) 💻 Managers really can make or break your workplace experience 🤞🏽 Reminder: it’s a bad day, not a bad life 💃🏽 When the club just isn’t giving what it used to 🫩 Battling insomnia and feeling drained 😵‍💫 Being exhausted from giving too much of yourself🏋️‍♂️ Balancing the 9–5 while building Get The Gist ❤️‍🩹 Friendship breakups and growing pains We’re also getting into the reality that friendships are a two-way street and what happens when that balance is off. Real, relatable, and a little chaotic… just how we like it 💅🏾 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for new episodes every week 🎧 #GetTheGist #BirthdayTalk…

People in this episode

Host: Get The Gist Podcast

Topics covered

• birthdays
• friendship breakups
• birthday culture
• expectations
• workplace experience
• self-care

Keywords

• birthdays
• friendship
• expectations
• stress
• celebration
• workplace
• self-care

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