Have you ever wondered why it is always our formal celebrations like births, marriages and religious ceremonies that are a bigger affair than celebrating our academic achievements or job promotions? I have found this over the years anyway. I was thinking about this a few weeks ago and thought I would reflect on it here so this may just be a load of ramble.. For me, I have always been quite late to the party when it comes to achievements so I thought maybe that was why they were never celebrated as much? I also did a bit of research around the subject (I may be going off topic here but bear with me) so see how I compared with when we are 'supposed' to reach these major life milestones. Yes I know comparison is the theft of joy but I'm not really bothered with comparison, this is just for fun! MILESTONE AVERAGE ME First kiss 15 15 First full time job 19