Sometimes a few words can make all the difference. A few years ago, when I start getting into the blogging/personal writing space and taking time for self-reflection, I realized that I often struggled with understanding my own thoughts. Our thoughts really can race, and when it feels like we only have a few moments to…
When something is spoken, we should listen. There is always something to learn from words. Whether the words have positive, negative, or neutral intentions, each sentence within an ear's reach is worth grabbing on to. Listening is learning. We can take what we hear and gather so much information about a person, place,…
Continue reading ➞ The importance of listening to yourself AND others.
As I sat at lunch today with my dad, I was reminded of the beauty of speaking your thoughts. My dad and I tend to have many "life talks" - just discussing our thoughts on what's going on with our lives and understanding the emotions we feel as our lives are constantly moving/changing. A…
Continue reading ➞ The importance of talking with yourself and others.
Today is my first day at my internship. Naturally, I have some butterflies. Those butterflies aren't rooted in fear - just the uncomfortable feeling of doing something new. When new opportunities come into our lives, we have to realize we don't know much at that moment about what we are doing. We have to be…
I've found that I need to talk things through when I have something on my mind... Which seems to be all the time. From ideas, goals, doubts, anxieties, questions, observations - my mind always seems to have something I want to talk about. For a long time, I would always tell myself "It's interesting…
Tonight, I needed to rant. And I had no idea I had to do so. It was not a rant rooted in anger, rather one rooted in confusion and emotional stress. I rarely rant about a serious topic, but once I started thinking about what was on my mind in complete form, I just went…
Nelson Searcy's Thought Sharing 