I was recently asked the question of "do you think people are truly doing their best?" I sat and pondered the question for a moment and my immediate reaction was "no". Reflecting on that further, I still think "no", but I think it's complicated. I think many people consider "doing your best" to mean…
I find myself stressing over the unit of time - well, all the time. Asking myself questions like: "What is going to happen next?" "What just happened?" "Do I have time for this?" "Where has the time gone?" "What will time tell me now?" At the end of the day, I just stick my…
As hard as it may be to look back on mistakes you may have made in your past, you should never look back with regret. Each time I look back with a regretful vision, I find that I lose the thankfulness I have for the road I've traveled. The road I've traveled is anything but…
You lay it out on the table and look at it from all angles. You look at the choices you can make. You weigh the pros - You weigh the cons. Both might be very heavy. Both might be very hard. But, at the end of the day, you have to make a decision. …
One of the goals that I wish to achieve is consistency throughout daily life. I want a rock-solid routine. I want to have that foundation I can lean on every single day that keeps me going. Whether it's the people, the places, the things I'm doing - I want to be grounded in the consistency…
When I reflect on hard times and heavy pain that I've dealt with before, I recognize the extensive learning I have received from each situation. I still hurt for myself that I had to go through those things, but I am thankful for them now. Thankful? For pain? Might sound crazy, but I truly am.…
I have a word document that I consistently update titled "Life". It is a compilation of things in life that I love, that I don't love, that I have learned about myself, what I want going forward, what I thought about the past, bucket lists, reminders, and much more. It's a bunch of lists about…
Sometimes when I think, I feel like the "spinning wheel" you see when a webpage is loading. Sometimes it takes one second to load, and other times it takes quite a while. Either way, I make sure to not close out my thought. I will wait for it to fully process in order to move…
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