As I reflect on the past month, it was busy and full of unfortunate surprises. Now that I'm on the back half of these things, I am thankful for the learning and life lessons I gained. Fortunately, I didn't receive any "life setbacks" from anything, but there was a lot of time taken away and…
Fortunately, I'm not lost in thought, but sometimes my thoughts put me in a place where I am lost. I am always thinking about something - we all are. I am someone who constantly is playing out scenarios in my head. I am looking to see how something might play out based on the decisions…
Earlier this morning, I was doing some normal reflecting and in the background, the song "Hand Me Downs" by Mac Miller was playing. Although that song is not about what I was thinking about, I made a quick allegorical connection to what I was thinking about and the words "hand me downs". When I…
I feel awfully at peace today. It just popped out of nowhere, really. How does one get to a place of peace? For me, it can come through a few ways, but today it came from feeling aligned with life. It feels like the place I am in and what I see in front…
As our day tends to flow, there are many obstacles we face. The world will always throw something at you that you aren't ready for. It comes in all shapes and sizes, but each day has obstacles. I've learned, over time, that each obstacle that shows up is just another part of life. I…
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…
Yesterday, I started to plan for my final semester of college (I can't believe it started today!). I've always loved planning things out and maintaining organization. It always seems to bring me a sense of peace, a sense of control, and de-stresses my life. However, a thought crossed my mind as I was…
How do you deal with good news? Whenever I hear or experience something good, I try to do two things: Embrace the moment (stay present). Reflect on why it made me feel good. I have previously struggled with both of those things, but in the past few months, I've dealt with success well.…
"Patience is a virtue." As I've discussed before, I have been in a period where I've had to wait for things to come. I knew they were coming (and they were good things), but I couldn't do anything about them because it wasn't time yet. Now that the time has come for these things…
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…
Nelson Searcy's Thought Sharing 