Life's too short to even care at all.

I apologize for my lack of updates. The end of the quarter is coming around the corner, and I'm more than excited to start becoming active again! Here's a blog I wrote last month that I was hesitant to post, but since I have been AWOL, I will post it regardless. More posts will be coming soon! Stay strong friends! Enjoy life while it lasts!

May 4, 2015

We constantly hear this all the time: Life is short. Sometimes we don’t really let this sink in until it smacks us in the face when we least expect it.

On April 11th, I ran my first 10K. And while it was an exhilarating experience, it was also exhausting, and all I wanted was to eat whatever I wanted. So afterwards, I neglected my body. My body consumed unhealthy foods and unhealthy thoughts. Soon I began feeling tired and unmotivated all the time. I stopped caring about things that used to matter so much to me, and started putting too much negative thought into things that weren’t even worth my time. I waved it off as midterm stress, and altogether stopped caring for myself. As the saying goes, “Life’s too short to even care at all.”

Then my cousin passed away. He was 27 years old, and was one of the most jubilant people that I knew. Someone who still had so much energy to use in his life. It completely shocked me.

And it served as a wake up call.

Yes, life is short. And sometimes, it's hard to figure out what’s worth your time when it feels like time is running out. People pass when you least expect it, and you don’t realize it, but it can happen to any one of us.

But instead of looking at life as if it’s too short to care about anything, we should stop caring that life itself is short. We need to stop caring that life can pass before our very eyes, because that’s not going to change anything. What we can change is our mindsets, our lifestyles, our thoughts. What we can change are the things that make up our lives.