Life in Style

"Are we in the clear yet?" Oh Taylor, how do you do it? Writing love songs that connect with each and everyone of us, it's just amazing. As some of you may know, Taylor Swift released the official music video for Out of the Woods on New Years Eve. Although I really love the song, the video was disappointing to me. It wasn't as powerful and intense as I feel the music makes the song feel. Still, the message of the song is awesome. Finding yourself in a maze of woods to discover that you're OK on your own is something we struggle with. And like the end of the video says :  " She lost him but found herself.  And somehow that was everything." Chills anyone? As a single lad myself, I know how hard it is to be OK by yourself. I'm definitely working on more self-love and self-happiness though because it really is so important. If you aren't happy with yourself, you most definitely won't b

It may already be January 10th but HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's 2016, holy cow. My junior english teacher was right, college goes in the blink of an eye. Luckily I still have one more year. On my plane back to Tucson yesterday I finished the book,  Thrive by Arianna Huffinton. The last few sections of the book has started to shift the way I think about time. She wrote one section on death,  the end of our life, and it never occurred to me before how many Westerners avoid this topic completely. And I was one of them! If I ever thought too much about the 'end of my life' I would actually have a panic attack. Yet, so many other countries and their religions around the world live their life as a giant preparation for death. Quite remarkable I think. I won't go into details because it is still a touchy subject with many but I recommend reading the book if it sounds interesting to you, it's a great read (find it  here ).  Back to the ne