The Little Things in Life

Let's see how much more cliche I can get with titles. But, I'm in a 'lets state the obvious mood'. Or rather, my head's in a "let's finally realize the obvious", which translates to proclaiming to the world me new-found, not-originally-in-the-least idea. But at least they are true. The little things in life are insanely important. I'm a stressed person, a statement I should not be making before I'm at least 25. So, in recent weeks, I've decided that I won't be stressed. (My mom kind of laughed at the statement, and I'm sure my friends are going "mhm, let's see how long this will last"). But I'm going to be zen. Or transition to being zen. Currently in my life I really shouldn't be stressing about much, so I won't. One thing to do this is I've begun to focus on the little things that make me happy.

Music. It's the world's relaxant. A happy new discovery is that I can listen to music while I work. Granted, it's usually a 'one ear bud out' policy, and for a lot of my work I need to focus so much that I can't listen but when I'm just reading articles or studying/inspecting documents I've made, it's awesome. My current youtube playlist of choice is Aladdin, Imagine Dragons, Portugal the Man, of Monsters and Men, the Wicked soundtrack and Jukebox the Ghost. 100% upbeat and entertaining.

Driving. I have a love of my car + summertime + music playing + friends in said car. I have a long-ish commute and other than then fact that I get home at 6 (which I consider late) I enjoy it. It's a time where  there is only one thing to focus on. Driving. That's it. I'm in no rush, I'm playing my favorite music (and rediscovering my favorite music as my iPod plays on shuffle), and it's comical how bad people drive.

Seeing old friends. Even though I love them to death, I don't make always enough time for my non-college friends when I'm at college. We text a lot, but often don't skype/call nearly enough. Summertime is a necessary for 'making up for lost time'.

Playing cards with my parents. Lame, oh I know, though I beg to differ. Granted it helps that my mom has no luck at all in cards, so it's basically just between my dad and I but still. It's genuinely fun. It's not that we don't do stuff together (because I probably spend more time with my parents than 5 of my friends combined spend with theirs). Cards at night is just fun.

Just a few more (though the list is never ending): Laying in (a residential, no cars) road at night, catching fireflies, talking about life for hours outside ice cream shops, staying out late, making lemonade, watching bad movies and just laughing at them or just talking right through them, all with friends of course.

Oh and reading. I can't live without reading books and poetry and blogs and newspapers and old letters.

Until next time,
K