Day 6 - Staying Positive
It took almost 2 years to finally break these boots in.
May 25th, 2024
One of the great and beautiful things about life is that it’s seldom static. If you have a bad day, week, month, year, heck even decade, it usually changes. Today may be hard but what if tomorrow is easy-peasy? I often wonder whether I make life harder for myself. I wonder whether I live in the future too much and think I am too busy to enjoy the present. Austin is at its core, a college town. When I look a lot of the young (-er, I just turned 27 for crying out loud) people I encounter all the time, the thought that I didn’t enjoy the carefree years keeps appearing. Constantly concerned about getting to the next stage in life, I think I may have forgotten to enjoy the one I was currently on.
Is it so outlandish to want to be far away from the sort of nights that debilitate you for the full next day? I don’t think I’ve ever met an interesting person that spent their weekends screaming over the music at a crowded bar. I enjoy hearing about what books people are reading, the new hobby they absolutely suck at now, the last time they were on a roller coaster. Although I don’t discourage the drinking, not taking part feels alienating in a way that makes me feel so small I could be swept away at any second, like the crumbs from your 3AM Domino’s order.
Positivity is something I’ve struggled with for a long time. The glass HAS to be half-empty. Maybe it’s time I find a way to fill it.
