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The Story Continues

 It is kind of crazy how everybody returns back to what they were originally supposed to do--what everybody is originally passionate about, motivated by, and excited towards since they were a child.  And here I am, back to what I love doing, too.  It is pretty wild to see how a whole year has passed--how many friends I have made, how many memories I got to experience, and how much I have learned.  I have learned more within this year than I ever have learned my entire life.  I have met people that have changed the way that I view life and think of others.  Throughout this year I have battled difficult situations and mental hardships.  I endured pain in my career, in friendships, spiritually, and with life in general.  But, at the end of the day, I have grown in everything I have been through.  So, here I am, back on my computer sitting in my room during finals week (when I really should be dedicating time to studying...). Life is so short.  The more I grow, I see how short life really
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I Thank God

 I was just sitting in my dorm room, thinking, going through pictures, and reminiscing on some memories. This past week, just like every other week in a college student's life, is crazy.  But, the weekends are for taking a deep breath and taking a nice break.  Lately, I have been the happiest human alive, keeping God in my mind, and spreading my love to others.  I haven't been living in the future, I've been taking one day at a time, and I have been holding on to the little moments in life that make me smile.  I never thought that living in the present could make me feel so happy, free, and positive.  I don't think I stress this enough, but I thank God for my relationships every single day.  Ever since COVID hit, it taught me some life lessons that I might never have learned if it weren't for this pandemic.  I have begun to savor the small things (and the big things) in life.  Every night before I go to bed, I go down a list thanking God for the people in my life.  
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What Does Success Even Mean?

 Greetings to all of my loyal readers who are taking the time out of their day to read my post.   I am writing this blog post sitting in my dorm room, again like last week, but on better terms.  Last week I was feeling down and out about a lot of things happening, but I am in much better spirits this week.  Swimming actually began, and we have been practicing non-stop (some two-a-day practices), and I am definitely feeling sore and tired.  Swimming, for me, is kind of like an escape.  And everybody has their escape in some aspects.  Whether it be video games, reading, painting, building something, crafting something, or even just watching a show. Every living person on this Earth has something to help them escape from the harsh world.  My "escape" is swimming.  For even two hours a day, when I am in that pool, I am not thinking about anything else except making my interval time or how I would improve my stroke.  Not to mention how great it feels after a swim workout and I go
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Not About the Money

After a couple weeks of a break, I am here.  There was a lot of stuff that was happening in my life that I wanted to take care of before I sat back and started writing on this blog again.  But, after a small break, I wanted to share some things that I've experienced recently that really hit me. The last time I wrote on the blog was during a period of division in this country and a lot of malevolent behavior.  Arguments, fights, name-calling, and disruption reaped this nation, and I was appalled. I was upset with the way people were acting and I spoke up about it on this blog.   I hate bringing up politics.  This is because I have stepped away from politics due to the toxicity that boils from it. Too much hate, corruption, and unfairness across the board.  It's important to have your own unique opinions, but as for me, I have been a much happier human being ever since I stopped paying attention to politics.  On a side note, last week there was a big health scare in my family whi
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Log off, and Love Life Again

 I've taken a break off of social media and this blog for about a week.  This week has been brutal in America.  Riots, protests, fights, arguments, and hate being thrown around left and right on social media.  In general, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and even TikTok are very toxic places to be spending our time.  People are cussing each other out, fuming with anger- social media is a war zone.  And it is that way because nobody can listen to each other.  Our generation is so accustomed to not listening to each others' opinion and why they think that way.  Everybody just wants to shove their opinions down each others' throats and if somebody else doesn't agree with them, they immediately attack them.  On both sides of the "political parties".  It is absolute madness.    Words are thrown around like "racist", "white privilege", "snowflake".  And what do these words mean? Well you won't be finding out on this blog post.  My goa
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Take the Bad Days with the Good

Lately, I have been so focused on spreading positivity and motivation and I have failed to mention the aspect of life that isn't as fun.  Life isn't all about sunshine and rainbows, and I think that it is 100% important to discuss the days that just don't go as according to plan.  Yesterday, I had a day that just kept beating me up.  I heard some bad news in the morning from the second I woke up, and then, repeatedly throughout the rest of the day, I felt like I kept on getting punched and kicked by life.  At one point I just wanted to go home and go to sleep and get rid of the terrible day I was facing.  I wanted to start fresh with a new day, and put the bad day behind me. Bad days can worsen your mood.  You could go from being in such a go-lucky mood to being in a 'down' mood in a matter of minutes.  Then, when one event turns your mood upside down, every minor inconvenience throughout the day discourages you more and more.   For example, yesterday I received som
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Taking Care of Our Bodies

The act of taking care of our bodies is something that has been mentioned in the Bible many times.  It is something very important, and something that we need to do a lot of in our daily life. It has been said multiple times that our bodies are a temple.  Therefore, we need to take the time to exercise and build muscle so that our bodies are strong and equipped. I am a college swimmer so I am constantly working out.  During the school year, whether it be lifting, racing in the pool, or running, I am always working to get my body built into shape for competition.   This past semester, the swim team wasn't much of a thing due to COVID, so I was forced to take working out into my own hands since the team didn't have practice.  So, my lifting buddy and I decided to go and lift weights every single day.  Monday through Friday, we would meet at the gym in the late afternoon to get a "quick grind" in before dinner.  We rotated through leg day, arms day, core day, cardio day,
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My Joy of Life

 Merry Christmas! Two weeks later I am back.  I have been slacking with my blogging because I have been a stir-crazy mess due to the Holidays.  Even though it has been a great week and a half with all the Christmas preparations, gift wrapping, giving, and cooking, I am glad to be able to settle down.  I'm happy that things can get back to normal. Throughout the past couple weeks, I have had many "coming to God moments" and realizations.  I actually have decided to start writing a children's book and gotten closer to a lot of my friends and family.  This children's book was my idea, literally at 2AM about a week before Christmas.  I had such a calling to write this book (I would give more details but I don't want to spoil it!).  Now I just have to save up my money to publish the book, due to the fact that I am a broke college student.  Also, I had an interview for an internship at a sales firm in Downtown Annapolis.  I find out tomorrow if I got the job.  It se
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The Uncertainty of the Future

It has almost been a week since my last post!  I convinced myself that I was going to post every single day since I made the blog, but then life hit, and here I am a week since I wrote last.  But I have so much to catch up on! Within the last week, I have been back and forth to Pittsburgh, DC, Annapolis, Long Island, and New York City.  I pretty much never want to have to see a truck again in my life (driving alongside cars is fine with me- but it is the trucks that drive aggressively that I can't stand.). And, in the past week of driving around the East Coast of the United States, I did it all with my travel sidekick (a.k.a. my girlfriend) and we shared many laughs, stories, and rants through it all.  One morning, my Aunt was driving my girlfriend and I in the car to the nearby Long Island Railroad train station to go to NYC. My aunt looks at me, at my girlfriend, and then at me again and says "Tyler, you really did find your partner, didn't you? She has a wanderlust spir
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Add a Little Bit of God in Your Life

Words cannot describe how much of my time in the past 8 months I have spent in the silence of my own thoughts.  Before anybody reads that and thinks I am crazy, I think it was a good thing. It was a time to reflect on my life: where I am, where I want to be, and what I have to do to be at the place I want to be.   Last year around January/February time period, I was an overworked mess.  I was trying to balance swimming (which feels like a full time job) with grades and trying to be social and having a girlfriend.  It was hard for me to balance everything, and I wasn't being a good boyfriend or a good friend to my roommate/best friend.  I showed them no time of day, and whenever I was with them, I was not too nice to them because I let the pressures of being overworked take over my life.  I put almost no work into those relationships that I had and focused more on swimming and my classes/schoolwork.  All I wanted was alone time.  I wanted space from everybody I loved because I could
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The Importance of Friends

After a few day break, I am back.  The past few days I have been busy with traveling and an internship program with my college that I have been investing my time in. My internship class for the past few days has been from 8AM-5PM, and when I wasn't in the internship program, I have been trying to squeeze my extra free time into driving to the Pittsburgh area to see my girlfriend. And the thought of looking at a screen more to blog was not too attractive- considering that during my internship training program I am staring at a screen all day long. (I need to invest in some of those blue-light glasses people have- considering I want to pursue a life of writing- and that writing now is all computer work.) Life has been very fast paced the past few days, but a good type of fast paced.  A fast paced schedule/time that you can not focus on the bad things in life and instead focus your brain on the task that you are on in the present.  My happiest time is when I have my hands full with pr
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Take a Break - Your Brain is Begging You

With the holidays, comes so much hustle and bustle .  Here and there.  Who to buy for, how much money I can spend, when I am going to give the presents, and looking into my bank account to see how much cash I went through during my shopping excursion- these are all the common thoughts I have during this season.  I am leaving home tomorrow to go back to Latrobe for an internship class, so I needed to get some of my Christmas shopping done today (especially for my girlfriend, since we are exchanging gifts tomorrow).  I put so much thought into presents.  What would be perfect.  What would make her smile the most.  What has a lot of special meaning and value but won't cost hundreds of dollars.  Even though she is the most down to Earth and happy person, I still want to make her face smile when she opens one of my gifts.  SO WITH THAT- comes a lot of pressure.  So much pressure . All the time .  Even though it might be "fun" pressure like during the Christmas season, it is
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Be the Change. Make the Change.

 I logged onto the blog today and I saw that almost FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE have visited this page.  My jaw almost dropped .  A couple days ago when I started this whole thing, I had about six people (and those were just friends and family). I'm noticing now that I might be speaking to a larger audience than I would have ever thought.  And with that comes a lot of pressure in my mind.  I want to say the right things, motivate as many people possible, and change as many lives as I can through my writing. So where does that leave me now?  Where do I go from here? Just like so many other Americans, I want things done NOW .  I want things done in the snap of my fingers.  I hate waiting on lines, waiting for a package to come, or waiting for a professor to grade a test that I studied extensively for.  I hate waiting because I want things done on my time and my time only.  Like most Americans, we want to be IN CONTROL .    We have been told ALL OUR LIVES that time is so valuable and pric
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