Happy birthday!
Make sure that you’re working hard for what you truly want, and figure out what “doing better” means for you. It doesn’t necessarily have to mean a lot of money and getting a lot of things.
Make sure you’re clear on whose lead you’re following (Hint: it should be more and more your own lead as you grow older), and that you’re not doing things just because older people around you say that what they do is what you’re supposed to do.
We all hear that sort of stuff, and at some point we all have to question those standards and determine whether they are what’s true for us or not. Make sure for your own peace of mind that what you’re doing is a extension of your own values and true wants, and not just, Oh, I’m supposed to have this by 18, this by 20 and this by 25 because my father did or my friends do.
Life doesn’t work that way. There are no rules. Those goalposts society puts up aren’t real. I still haven’t totally wrapped my head around that yet, but it seems to be turning out to be the case.
It’s OK to feel whatever it is you feel. Feelings are giving you a message, and they don’t care what day it is. Sit with them for a while and see what it is they’re trying to tell you.