Live in the Moment

Wow, I've been quite the absent blogger this month. I always think I will have time in the summer to do certain things, but that's just never the case. Summer seems to fly by and I am left wondering where all the time went... every year! However... this does not have to be the reality. I just need to make the time and make the things that I want to happen, happen! This includes music projects, video projects, hanging out with more people, writing about recent experiences, spending time with family more, etc. Some just never get done, but I can make more of an effort to try and complete the majority of them.

(... Confessions of a procrastinator)

On the other hand, I also believe that it is not very healthy to negatively dwell on what you could have done or should have done with your time.

I included this in one of my tweets earlier today (it was out of humour at first because I missed out on saying something profound for my 1,000th tweet)...

Life Lesson: Life is full of missed opportunities;
make the most out of what you don't miss.

What you don't miss is what you have at the present time as well as what you choose to follow through with. A missed opportunity (or favourable occasion) is only truly seen in hindsight, after the fact. Try to completely focus on what is given to you and on what you actually follow through with; whether it be at work, during time with family and friends, or just in doing what you love to do. Utilize it as best you can. You will with no doubt benefit from knowing that your full attention was anchored in the task at hand.

This is something that I have to work on. I get carried away thinking about what I could be doing instead of what I am doing, and this distracts me from the present reality. This means I am not giving a full effort and therefore am sometimes never reaching my true potential self at that time.
Appreciation is also something I sometimes dismiss. I let my mood dampen my look on things and I don't appreciate my family or friend's affection at all. Therefore I am blinded and am not really grateful like I should be. In the end I believe it just comes down to choice... I have to choose to live toward my complete potential in everything that I do (physically, socially, and mentally), for we reap what we sow.

To make a long vent short...

Life Lesson: Live in the moment.

Even now, why am I writing this? I could be using this time to work on something more productive. But then again, this is what I chose to do. So why not put in a worthy effort, right?

(... Confessions of a psychology major)

Just something to think about.

All that I have written somehow makes sense to me, but I may not have conveyed it properly.

What are your thoughts?

p.s. Sorry for sharing some emotion.