An early New Year's Resolution

So I lived through my first tropical storm. It actually wasn't too bad where I was--just a lot of rain and wind. I wouldn't have thought it was more then just a thunderstorm. Although I guess a little south of where I live, there was a lot more damage and a ton of people lost power, etc so, all in all, I was pretty lucky!

I've had a lot of downtime this week before school actually starts and I've been doing a lot of thinking about the future in general. One of the epiphanies that I had today was that I think too much about the future--to the point where I don't enjoy what I have in the present. While I still think it's important to be cognizant of the future and have an outline of what you want, your goals, who you want to become, etc, you can't forget about the now which I've been pretty bad about lately. I've become absorbed in worrying about what's to come that I haven't been thankful for the moments that have been passing me by everyday. I forget that we can't predict the future, maybe influence it with our daily actions but even still we'll never know what's to come--things will work out the way they're meant to be in due time.

It's always easier to find a million things to complain about than to focus on the good but overall I have a pretty good life. I have a wonderful family, awesome friends, a great boyfriend, and a plethora of opportunities that I should take advantage of. I remember in middle school, one of our daily English assignments was to write down three things we were grateful for that day and I think now maybe that assignment wasn't such a waste of time. So I'm going to try to enjoy today and appreciate all the things I take for granted before I wake up one day to find that some of it is gone.