Life Happens

Well, I won’t lie. This has been a lot longer than I would admit for coming up with a blog. But hey, life happens, and sometimes you just have to roll with it. One of the biggest things I have learned in these last few months is the need to refocus. I wish I honestly dove into more writing in this time because it is a way to unwind and refocus a lot of my thoughts. I know this is an outlet for me, and maybe no one reads these, but if you do, maybe reading something like this reminds you that you are not alone in this way of thinking.

So I say life happens, and I guess I might as well tell you all what life has been happening since I last wrote. For starters, the wife and I had been house shopping, and we finally are approved for close! That is probably the biggest blessing we have received, and it honestly is just so amazing for that prayer to be answered. We have also been working diligently at our jobs - teaching, subbing and coaching. All the while preparing for this upcoming season with morning training and practice for myself, it has been a lot to handle on some days. There have even been days when we look at one another and realized the only time we saw each other that day was in the morning before we go to work and in the evenings when our head hits the pillow. But one thing remains the same even during the crazy, life-changing days. We still have set time for each other - we call it pillow talk. Like I mentioned earlier, finding time in the crazy to take a break and recenter your thoughts/life.

A good way that I have recentered my thoughts is just being intentional - being intentional with my time, with my actions. I took a break from social media lately, and honestly, that helped a lot! That may seem like a small example, but just the mindless scrolling while I could be focused on other things. It takes away valuable time and focuses your attention on things that do not provide any absolute satisfaction or fullness. That break gave me time to do other things that I have put my mind to. For me, that’s trying to read a book more often or even just spending some time in prayer. Or another example for me and a dream I’m trying to fulfill is finishing my college degree. I’m back in school and taking classes, and I realize that just sitting around scrolling does not let me use my time wisely.

Simply, when we say life happens, we try to make sure priorities are in order. That for me is time with my wife, time to work, time to train, and time to do my schoolwork. But in the midst of it all, life is also seeing the people that care about us most. It’s taking that alone time out of a busy day to just listen to that song that makes you happy - having a cup of coffee in the stillness of the day to quiet your anxious thoughts.

Life happens for all of us - but what are you going to do to help refocus?