Focus.

I feel like I am always trying to adjust my focus and my outlook on life. That is one reason I love things like conference weekend and spending time with my family, it really helps me to get my mind right. I think it is really important to take a step back and look at what is really important, my long-term goals, the big picture.

However, sometimes the big picture gets a little too big, and it freaks me out.

I was working on some homework in the chemistry building today, and I was eavesdropping on sitting by two guys who are obviously a lot farther along in their schooling than I am, and I did not know what they were talking about. I mean, I could tell it was chemistry, but I wasn't following. And for some reason, this started that terrible spiral of "I have no idea what I'm doing I think I have to change my major I don't think I will ever be able to get a job or  have a life and the world is hard" that sometimes comes in one jumbled string of panic. Thankfully this lasted only a moment until I could step away, not from from my little problems, but from my entire life ahead of me, and see that for today, I got my homework done, and my quiz went fine, and the sun finally started shining. All I can do is take the world one day at a time, and I need to focus on making each day count.

In the words of The National, "Let's not try to figure out everything at once."

I decided I wanted to listen to the song after I quoted it. Now you can too, if you feel so inclined.