Entry #6: What time is it? 

Hi guys, welcome back :) I hope everyone had a great Halloweekend! I'm a major homebody, so I didn't do much... I actually didn't do anything. I swear it's like I'm allergic to leaving my house, but still, super excited for halloween! 

Anyways, back to the blog. Do you guys ever think about where you'll be 10 years from now? I'm not sure how many of you use snapchat, but do you guys every get those "2, 3, 4, 5+ years ago" notifications that show you what you were doing years ago on that very day? Those random notifications always give me the most unexpected wakeup calls. Every time I see what I was doing years ago, I always think about how I never expected myself to be where I am now. Crazy how time works. It just keeps passing regardless of what's going on. It has no mercy for anyone, and doesn't pause or stop under any circumstances. Insane, right?

My mother used to always tell me that "time waits for no one." That's honestly been my motivation for just about everything. I mean, just think of it this way; I didn't have to go to college. Neither of my parents are forcing me to do this. But the way I see it, 4 years are going to pass either way, so either I can have a degree, or I can simply not. That's pretty much the stance I take on just about everything. I use to struggle with my weight a lot, I always felt like I was too skinny. So one day I looking in the mirror (I was about 16 years old at the time) and I got a "one year ago, today" notification from snapchat. I looked at the video of myself, and there she was; the same slim girl I was looking at in the mirror 365 days later. I felt disappointed in myself. However, I came to a solid realization; the years are going to past regardless if I do anything with them or not. Time isn't going to wait for me, it's not going to pause so I can catch up, it won't freeze while I wallow around feeling sorry for myself, it's just going to keep going. So on that day I decided that I wanted to change the way I look. I started eating more, going to the gym, drinking protein shakes, and adding protein powders to basically all of my meals. Although I'm still not the weight I want to be, I've definitely come much further than I was before. 

                              

My point is, time will continue whether we want it to or not. So I say just do the work, get it over with, set yourself up in a position where you'll be able to enjoy the rest of your life, you know? Like can you imagine if five years ago you decided to play a sport? Or learn to cook? Invest in bitcoin? Take up an instrument, maybe? Imagine you had done that, then today you'd be a pro at that sport, you'd be one of the best cooks in your family, you'd be making money, you'd be a prodigy at whatever instrument you chose to play, you get what I'm saying? 

So I ask again, where do you see yourself in ten years? and what are you doing to make sure that's where you'll be? Go to school, get your degree, start a business, be with that person you love, learn that instrument, study a trade, read 1000 books, just do something! Ten years are GOING to past, and when they do, either you'll be able to say "I graduated", "I'm rich," "I'm married," "I'm talented," "I'm skilled," "I'm smart," (or whatever else you want to be able to say) or not. It's as simple as that really. It all comes down to how bad you really want it.  Time waits for no one, so let's make sure we're making ourselves proud, okay? 

Welp guys, once again  that's all I got. Till next time; byeeee :)