Celebrate your birth, calibrate your life. Make every birthday happy.

From the annual flood of Facebook birthday notifications to the changing ways we respond, modern birthday celebrations have certainly evolved.

In this video, I share my recent experience of turning 50 and the slightly belated journey to expressing my gratitude for all the well wishes.

I also touch on my initial reluctance to celebrate milestones, the gentle encouragement of my girlfriend Tanya, and some timely wisdom from Rabbi Simon Jacobson's "Towards a More Meaningful Life."

Join me for a personal reflection on birthdays, gratitude in the digital age, and finding meaning in life's moments