Five For Five

I don't want to write today. It's not that I can't - there are certainly plenty of things that transpired over this past weekend that are blog-worthy, but honestly, my heart can't handle writing a full post about some of them. That being said, I'll continue day five of my challenge with five short thoughts that reflect this past weekend for me. Enjoy.

1. Life and loved ones need to be cherished while we have the capacity to do so. We really never know when the end will come, and sadly, death is no respecter of youth or circumstances. Stop taking life, friends, and family for granted. Love them while you have them.

2. Sometimes a long weekend is all you need for a proper getaway, especially if you have good friends who will bring you into their home and stay up past midnight just to talk for hours and let you unload everything. I am truly blessed to have spent this past weekend with a beautiful family including a couple friends who have really been pillars for my wife and me throughout the years. I can't express how grateful I am to know them.

3. I really miss the days where I could drive for nine hours or so and still have proper energy to enjoy myself after arriving at my destination. Anymore, a five hour drive is more than enough to do me in, especially if I don't get to enjoy the scenery of a major city's skyline. Snow and ice on the roads also really don't help.

4. As much as I love going on vacatithatsometimes I am more excited about getting back home than I am about going away or reaching my other destination. Perhaps it's the assurance that I have a place to go back to, or maybe it's that I'm starting to find the joys of the regular routine. Whatever it is, it's good to be home.

5. I know it's been over a week, but it's still hard to remember and/or comprehend the fact that I'm 27 now. Is this the point that I start being considered "late twenties" or something? I don't know if I'm OK with that, though I refuse to claim a frozen age (my mom just recently stopped saying she's 29). Regardless, it's been a good 27 years overall. I'm excited to see what happens next.

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  1. SynthomizerFebruary 16, 2016 at 12:43 AM

    It's good that you still push yourself to write even when you don't feel like it. Just saying what's on your mind in small points like these really unloads a lot of stress and/or simply helps you remember the good things in life amidst the not-so-good things. I'm trying to start something like this for myself, and this is a good reminder for me.

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    1. Sean WiseFebruary 16, 2016 at 11:40 AM

      Thanks Caleb! Do you have a blog currently? I'd love to see it.

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