You can throw in whatever four letter word you would like right there… Today I turn twenty two and instead of reflecting on the past like I normally do around this time of year, I want to look forward. I find this birthday really interesting because for so many people it marks the imminence of…
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It’s A Two-Way Street
Recently I’ve become really interested in studying the relationship between parents and their children. I think it’s really interesting because it is a relationship that is often overlooked even though I believe it may be one of the most important and formative ones. This is a topic that is beyond dense and because of that, there…
Recommendation: Hike 8 Miles
This past weekend was my fall break. We had both Thursday and Friday off from school and I’ll be honest, it was a much needed break. With it being a break, most people either went home or had some kind of travel plans, but as for me, none of that. I got to have the…
Now Make It Worth It
The other day I preached the importance of gratitude for the hand you’ve been dealt in life. If you have the ability to access the internet to read what I’m writing, you are better off than billions of people on this planet. And today I wanted to continue on this thought. I want to speak…
Billions
Have you ever taken a moment to take stock and understand the hand that you have been dealt in life? I feel like this kind of reflection and thought is just simply not something that people do. It’s something we all turn a blind eye to. Especially those of us who have actually been dealt…
A Look Into My Notebooks
For the past few years, my notebooks have been an important part of my life. I always have at least one with me and throughout the day I will pull it out and just kind of write some things down. It could be as simple as a quote I heard, a song lyric I really…
Don’t Take It Personal
I’m going to pose a question here and I want you to answer it honestly. Does receiving negative judgement from others hurt you? And I mean really upset you to your core. Take a minute and really think about it. Really think about how you react to negative judgement in your life. To help put…
Make Happiness the Goal
I went back and forth on whether or not to write this post. I started and stopped probably two or three times because I felt like a hypocrite. I went into a panic because the topic I am about to write about and offer up my advice on it something that I struggle every day…
Social Media Isn’t The Enemy
I’m just 21 years old and that means I can’t remember a time without the internet. I can remember a very early childhood without social media but by and large my life and my generation’s social life has been defined by social media. That being said, what I’ve noticed for years and years is a…
Ikigai: What Gets You Up In The Morning?
Guys, the topic I’m about to talk about has me really inspired so I highly recommend you stick around. I’m here to write about this beautiful word/concept that I was introduced to the other day. The word is Ikigai which comes from Japan and there is actually no direct English translation. The closest translation we…