Birthdays are a day to truly celebrate you and your life thus far and even if you are someone who shies away from fuss and presents, you should still mark your birthday – if only as the achievement of making it through another year in the world.

So, with that being said, here are five unique ways to treat yourself on your milestone birthday.

1.   An Annual Subscription to National Parks

For people born with a taste for adventure and a natural sense of wanderlust, with your important and significant birthday coming up, why not treat yourself to an annual subscription to national parks?

There are numerous companies that offer a one-price subscription for the year, which includes entry to hundreds of national parks and river lands up and down the country. For nature lovers, nothing could be better.

2.   Get a Tattoo

Now, this next suggestion certainly will not be for everyone, as the thought of a tattoo is still possibly one of the most common dividers.

However, if you are interested in the prospect of getting a tattoo, this would certainly be a fabulous and lighthearted way to celebrate your milestone birthday. Whether you already have one or more tattoos, or else this would be your first, take a look online and dip your toe in the pool of tattoo possibilities.

3.   Beautify Yourself

With your milestone birthday fast approaching, instead of purchasing yourself a physical gift, you could instead choose to indulge in a pampering session, massage, or other beauty treatment.

One example of a fabulous way to put yourself first for once is to contact prestigious and established dental clinics, such as the-oakwoodclinic.co.uk, for example, to discuss dental treatments and teeth whitening courses.

4.   Take Yourself Shopping

For some people, the idea of spending the day at the shopping mall alone is simply not something they would ever even consider, and they much prefer shopping with a family member, friends, their partner, or their children.

However, there are actually myriad of benefits to getting yourself ready early in the morning and spending the day alone browsing the shops, stopping off for coffee, and treating yourself to a delicious lunch.

Advantages of spending the day shopping alone include:

• Nobody is going to talk you out of an adventurous purchase
• You can shop to your own schedule
• There will be no distractions
• You can take as long as you like in each store

5.   Start Volunteering at Your Local Animal Shelter

The fifth and final suggestion on this list on how to treat yourself on your milestone birthday is to start volunteering at your local animal shelter.

Giving back, whether that be to the animals in your local area who have been mistreated or abandoned is a different type of birthday treat. If animal shelters don’t appeal to you, then try vlunteering in another way – perhaps see if your local homeless shelter or a care home near you need some help.

This way, you will be giving yourself the opportunity to help others less fortunate than yourself and subsequently will increase your sense of purpose.