Taking The Time.

Every so often, when my life gets a little hectic, I have to stop and remind myself how lucky I am. 

I think in this day and age, it is so easy to lose sight of the things that are important because we are taught to think bigger, go faster and climb higher. When my schedule starts to get busy and filled to the brim, I begin to run on auto-pilot so I can be efficient and effective in whatever I have going on. However, I always crash and realize I've been living with blinders on. 

I'll get this overwhelming feeling that I haven't hugged my family enough or that I haven't stopped to just be thankful I am still running around on earth. My "crash" just happened in the past few days. 

I've spent all of my summer so far trying to hurriedly complete tasks wether it is at home, summer school or work. My goal this week is to separate my "schedule" from my life. Yes, I want to do a good job at work and make sure I'm staying on top of things, but I also want to lay in bed with my mom talking about nothing, laugh so hard that my stomach hurts, take pictures of things that inspire me, catch up with old friends and just be thankful for all that I have.  

Life's too short but my love for it is so large that I want to fill every second with meaning. 

That's my goal this summer, to take the time to be happy and find purpose in the mundane and relish the good times I have.  

*I hope whoever reads this will do the same.*