Day by Day AS ...

I understand so many of us live incredibly busy lives.  I myself am a full-time university student, trying to keep my average above 70, hoping to start a new volunteering job, playing intramural sports at my university, and maintain my close relationship with my family, friends, and Wallee (inside joke/story! you know who you are).  I know of people that work two jobs, others that are in school full-time and working one or two jobs, and of course there are those that work full-time.  We all have our own additional stressors and troubles, which often cause us to become tense and uptight, moody, forlorn, wistful, nostalgic, and are simply draining mentally and emotionally. When I reflect on my life right now, I realize there are times I don't exactly enjoy it.  I'm not a fan of the way education is taught, graded, and judged and that often causes me displeasure in my studies.  Sometimes I just get run down, tired, and sick of all the pressure.  I'm sure man...

Gone are the sweat, humidity, bikini clad bodies, muscle built men, and the too-tiny speedo's.  Unlike most people, I'm incredibly happy. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy summer (especially since I get cold incredibly easily and will never object to having a natural tan), but I just love autumn. Autumn is an incredibly beautiful time of year.  The leaves change colours, they fall to the ground, and then the joy of crunching the leaves ensues.  Autumn means family time at Thanksgiving (something that I will never take for-granted and look forward to every year), ginormous cups of steaming tea, apple picking, and the smell of baking (pies, cookies, and fruit crisps!).  Autumn allows for fresh, clean air to breeze through open windows, gentle rain falls, and long, serene hikes. Autumn is the season of being outside, scarves, cuddling, giant sweaters, comfy (yet cute) boots, football, and perfect running weather.

For the past few days, perhaps even a week now, I have been tossing and turning many ideas through my head of what to blog about.  I even was able to get a draft going on the value of actions vs words, but it just doesn't feel finished yet. I finally came up with a concept. Vulnerability. I know most of us know what vulnerability is, or what it means to be vulnerable, but in case anyone is looking for clarification, Webster's dictionary defines vulnerable as "capable of being physically or emotionally wounded; open to attack or damage." So many of us spend our lives running from being vulnerable, from trying to protect ourselves because we simply don't want to be hurt.  I'm not talking just about relationships here, but everything.  Some of us don't like to have pets, because eventually a bond is created and that makes us open to pain, especially knowing that odds are we will outlive our pets.  It also pertains to careers- many of us stay inside the ...