I always have goals. I always see ways I feel I can improve for myself and for others. However, I oftentimes reserve those ways to be geared towards improvement for the world around me and for others. I oftentimes don't know what I truly want for myself. Beyond the basic feelings of joy, contentment, peace...…
Any time that I reflect on learning, I pull from any experience that feels relevant to what I am going through in the present moment. Yesterday, I was reflecting on my time in my college fraternity, Alpha Delta Gamma. When I first got to college, I never thought about joining a fraternity. It wasn't a…
As my birthday just passed and I turned 23 years old, I wanted to take some time to reflect on this past year of my life. All I wanted to look at from year 22 of my life was: Where did I grow?Where did I fall? Each piece of my 22nd year of life that…
Anytime we have to divert from our planned path, it comes as a frustrating and challenging time. It often doesn't make sense why we have to change what we are doing in order to reach a goal. The path is so clear! However, we experience roadblocks every single day. I don't think we would truly…
One of the greatest battles we face as humans is understanding mistakes. When we make a mistake, we have to understand the commonality of human error. We are not always on our A-game and there are millions of things going on around us that we have no control over. For myself, I have many goals…
In most days of our lives, we discover a new door of opportunity. I've found that many times, those doors have been there for a while, we just haven't been quite aware that they are there. Once that awareness comes about, why don't we just go through the door? Well, sometimes it takes some awareness…
The power of words is one that I never take for granted. My quote that I like to use is that "I believe that a few words can change your day and your life." And I have always truly believed that. A few words can make or break my day, especially if they are coming…
Time is a great metaphor, a great reminder, and a great asset to our lives. I find myself often looking at the clock in thankfulness rather than anxiety. We have many pieces in life that we make time for. We always have some time as the clock spins. The clock, to me, is a helpful…
Something that I believe that is very important is achieving a balance. I think of this mentally - how is your life positioned? How does it make you feel? Is something overwhelming you or do you feel like a piece is not there enough? When we can start to answer those questions, we can begin…
Sometimes the clichés in life can hit the hardest. The cliché of the day is thinking about how "there are 365 opportunities in a year to make a difference". And when I think about this, there truly is an unbelievable number of opportunities that present themselves in a year. A lot can change, a lot…
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