Every day, I find many things in front of me that are new. When seeking knowledge or experience on new things in our lives, we have questions. I have noticed something about myself that has changed over time when it comes to "questions" - I used to be afraid to ask questions, because I feared…
Today is the close of a chapter, but hardly the end of a story. In the midst of the current coronavirus epidemic worldwide, we are seeing the cancellations/suspension of play across many sports, suspension of education at all levels, and really any event/gathering with a crowd is being called off. It is a fair move…
As you know, last week (a week ago today) I made a post about how I was sick and pushing through that. Well, the last 6 days were pretty rough! (Hence my week-long absence from posting.) I had bad flu-like symptoms on Tuesday and Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday my voice was completely gone and…
Yesterday, I handed the microphone over to my friend as I finished my "mini-speech" that I gave at my fraternity's event. Soon after, myself and most of us at the event found out about the tragic passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, among others who also passed away in a helicopter crash.…
Over the past 24 hours, I've been very critical of myself. I am being nitpicky about what I want to be better at, what I need to "fix". Originally, it was solely in a negative outlook. I was looking at these things in my life and viewing them as "you're not good enough". It…
I have many personal relationships that I value highly. Whether that be with my parents, my fraternity brothers, my mentors... They are all important to me. However, as a very individualistic person, I sometimes feel like all people are good for is getting in the way. I've always had a mind with a slim…
I took the last two days off from blogging, as I was playing in a 2-day golf event that saw me walk 18 miles and play golf for around 12 hours over those two days. A lot has happened since Friday (my last post), but to keep from rambling, I learned one solid thing from…
As I make my way through each week of life, I have many takeaways. I like to write them down and think about what I have learned and have experienced so that I can apply it going forward. This week, my main takeaways were these: Being busy is good, but sometimes you need rest. Try…
These last few days have been tough. Tougher than any of us would know about two weeks ago. Recently, my maternal grandfather (who I called "Papa"), George Wesley Nelson, had a few medical procedures, and his 87-year-old body just didn't recover properly and developed pneumonia that would be the final blow he could possibly take.…
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