I know my twenties are really my time to go and get it. My brain is fully developing, I'm still young with energy, and I feel like I have time to do so many things. In the midst of that, I am working on balancing my wants and needs. I should know those things... But…
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…
When we look at our goals, we often think that something is "required" in order for our goals to come true. When we require ourselves to HAVE to do something, that creates a lot of pressure. Unnecessary pressure. Unnecessary pressure is something we never want, especially when we do it to ourselves. I have had…
Sometimes when I blog, I get stuck. Sometimes when I speak, I get stuck. Sometimes when I think, I get stuck. This used to frustrate me when this happened. What I've learned, and this goes for all of life, you have to just keep going and trying. Always moving forward. If I am stuck on…
In life, we develop many connections. These connections can be to people, to activities, to feelings, etc. We get to a certain point of life where we learn what connections feel right and what connections feel off. We get to a point where a combination of our feelings and our knowledge give us the insight…
On a surprisingly snowy day in Kansas City, I am working on typical tasks in front of me today: Work, school, etc. And as I maneuver through those things, I do this thing called "worry" about the tasks ahead. Crazy, right? It's amazing how often we worry and stress about tasks that are very familiar…
As The Masters Tournament begins today in the world of golf, many life lessons I've learned from 16+ years of golfing begin circling in my head during a moment of reflection. As I watched the beginning of the broadcast, I saw a few players hit some wayward shots, and as the broadcasters analyzed these misses,…
There are hundreds of things that come to our mind each day. As we maneuver through tasks and challenges that the day provides us, we shift our focus with those changes in action. However, our focus doesn't always lock in properly to what is in front of us. We have distractions - we have emotions…
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