[ WP ] Every year on their birthday , everyone has the opportunity to change one thing about themselves , be it physical or otherwise . This year , you were thinking about ditching your tendency to be lazy , but you 've noticed a disturbing trend in people that mess with personalities .

Tomorrow is my birthday. That means tomorrow I get to choose. I get to choose another thing about who I am. Like most people, I spent the first few birthdays after it's introduction `` fixing'' the parts of me I did n't like. I upped my metabolism, I reshaped my nose and perked up my boobs. I did n't go as far as some- There are more supermodels walking around than ever before- but far enough to make me happy. Then I started changing my inner workings. Better memory, faster reflexes, stronger liver, that sort of thing. 
 
 I was planning on working on my personality after that. But other people had already taken that route, and I was worried about following their footsteps after seeing what happened to them. People who chose to be funny found it hard to be taken seriously and suicide rates soared. People who chose to be cheerful seemed almost psychotic sometimes, smiling through funerals or terrorist attacks. People who chose to be fearless died soon after, taking risks they really should n't have. Everything ramped up to eleven. The consequences... burned. 
 
 I want to stop being lazy, but I do n't think I'll spend a birthday on that. I think I'd be better off spending it on longevity or maybe clearer skin.... something shallow and physical like that. I can learn to be active, I can teach myself not to be lazy... and I think I might be happier for taking the effort. Personalities are something too important to be tampered with like that.
