The author wanted to spend her 40th birthday alone. Courtesy of Sara Rowe Mount Milestone birthdays are often celebrated with parties, but that was the opposite of what I wanted. On my 40th birthday, I spent most of the day alone on purpose. Now, I'm trying to spend more time recharging on my own. For a few years now, I've seen people I'm connected to on social media celebrating their 40th birthdays in style. They're renting rooms out in restaurants and throwing a big party with all their frie