Summertime..hot..and all that

It's summer…and it's hot. But I'm enjoying it. You might think I'm crazy for enjoying the heat…but hey, it's better than freezing cold, right? Really cold weather is hard to deal with, for the most part. I think we can all agree on that.

It is summertime in Missouri.

What a (summer) day

I went to the same store 3 times today (Walmart). I went once to get an item, then had to go back and return it because pieces were missing.

Then I had to go back AGAIN to get something else. I think I've had my fill of Walmart for a while. I've been kind of busy…have been wanting to blog and make YouTube videos…but I'm just tired and burned out.

Been busy lately

I had a good friend who wanted to collab on a YouTube project…But I had to tell him we'd have to wait. I didn't want to tell him that…but I already have my hands full.

It's been a good summer so far. I just feel like I've been stressed out. I need to relax and enjoy my summer. Furthermore, I forget to just stop and enjoy life sometimes. Sometimes you have to just relax and actually slow down. You can't just be going non-stop all the time.

Be grateful for the little things

Gratitude is amazing. The law of attraction and so on. When you're grateful for little blessings in your life...the universe blesses you with larger and larger blessings!

Gratitude is the best.

Be grateful for everything you receive, and you will wind up getting more! It really works. The law of attraction will change your whole life.

The Universe is on your side

You will see that the universe is abundant and is full of miracles, just waiting to bless you. Just have faith.

Everything you want will be yours if you're grateful for what you already have. 

Always be grateful

Gratitude is like magic; it really does bring great things into our lives. It will make great things happen for you.

Practice it every day and watch your life change.

UPDATE 2022: 

I still practice gratitude on a MOSTLY daily basis. I still falter sometimes; I'm definitely not perfect.

But I know that there is so much to be thankful for. Even when I'm having a cup of coffee, I feel so blessed to be able to drink that. Life is just an amazing journey.

I'm feeling thankful (blog post)

Feeling really thankful for everything right now. Life is good. Some days, you just realize how blessed you are.

Which is funny because I woke up super depressed this morning. I actually went back to sleep for a couple of hours after I woke up; that's how depressed I was.

But after I finally got up and did a few things..I started to feel better. 

Sometimes, getting moving is all you need

Sometimes you just look around you and realize things aren't so bad after all. There's always something to be grateful for.

The weather is very warm, but I'm very thankful that it's finally summer. I was so over the cold weather.

It was a long winter, it seemed 

I hope to do a lot of fun things this summer. 

Gratitude is the best way to be. There's always something to be grateful for. Life is a blessing for sure.

Nyan cat (my thoughts on the meme)

Nyan Cat! I used to sit there and Nyan often, watching the Pop-Tarts cat running along. It was so fun. I saw a video today of a guy sight-reading/playing Nyan Cat on piano.

It was so awesome, I had to go back to Nyan. cat again..it had been so long. They have lots of new flavors of Nyan Cat now!

Nyan Cat is one of the greatest memes ever

I will never get tired of it. 

It's funny how you don't hear anything about a meme for a while, and then it pops up, and you're like "oh yeah!"

Love me some internet

The internet is such an awesome place; we're so blessed to have it. 

I love memes. They are so awesome. I hope we get plenty more internet memes like this one. It seems like there are constantly new memes coming out for us to laugh at. 

Feeling some type of way (blog post)

I'm glad the warm weather is here. It's really hot outside, actually. I have my windows shut so the hot air doesn't come in.

There's something about right now, though, that is making me sad. I'm not sure what it is. Just a combination of things.

I miss certain things

I just miss certain things..certain people. I miss certain times in my life. I think I spent too much time in the past instead of enjoying the present.

I just wish I had done certain things differently. Wish I hadn't made some of those mistakes I made.

I guess you live and you learn. I can't punish myself forever. I need to realize that everything happens for a reason. Everything is meant to be.

My soul is longing

I just have a longing in my soul for certain things and certain people. I miss some of my old friends that I used to have.

As far as I'm concerned, we are still friends even though we haven't seen each other in years. That love will never change.

Being a YouTuber is extremely draining

Being a YouTuber is a LOT of hard work. It's so draining. I used to enjoy it a lot. These days, I'm not sure how much I do.

I'm sure I will again once I take a break. Blogging has always been my main passion and love..since I started this whole internet journey thing.

YouTube would probably be like my second love, next to blogging, when it comes to internet stuff. But YouTube is draining in a different way. Making videos takes a lot of energy.

YouTube is draining, but...

Blogging takes energy, too, obviously, but it's a little different. I really miss blogging when I take long breaks.

I just love writing, expressing my thoughts. You will see a lot more blogging from me in the near future. Maybe I just need to focus on blogging, since I enjoy it so much.

I love blogging, and...

I enjoy making videos as well, but it's just more difficult and more exhausting than blogging.

In the "EDM mood" (I love this genre of music)

I'm in the mood to listen to some EDM (aka electronic music). It's one of my favorite types of music. You might be thinking, "Which sub-genre of EDM?"

Isn't EDM music awesome?

Well..I like most of it, to be honest. Dance, house, trance, techno, dubstep..you name it..I like most of it.

I love EDM music

I was SUPER heavy into it a few years ago. I think maybe I just needed a break. I go through phases. Lately, I've been listening to a lot of witch house. That's one of my favorite sub-genres of electronic music. It's so awesome.

Going to listen to more of it

I think I may jump back into it head-on. I've just been missing it, especially trance. I really love dubstep too.

I like so much of it. It's like entering into another dimension! People who are into it know exactly what I'm talking about. I miss going to raves, it's been so long since I've been to one.

I'm way behind on Star Wars (blog post)

I used to be a lot more into Star Wars. I'm still into it, but I just have other things going on. To sit down and really watch the films takes time and energy. I need to rewatch the original trilogy, as well as catch up on the new films. George Lucas really made something special with this universe.

Star Wars is a great franchise

It's one of those things I'll always have love for. I just need to find the time to sit down and catch up on the last few movies. There has been so much that has happened in the films in the last few years. And now they have shows like The Mandalorian and stuff.

I'm busy a lot

There are a lot of things in life that I still want to do. I just have to make the time for them and just make myself do it.

I get so busy with my YouTube channel that I let a lot of other things fall by the wayside. That's kind of sad. Maybe you could say "use the force!" to get more free time. Haha, that's funny.

Talking about my depression (blog post)

Being depressed is hard, especially when you can't fully figure out why you're like that. I obviously know SOME of the reasons...but there are some things. Well, I just have a sense of melancholy. There's a lot of it there, a lot of the time.

A sad man in a red T-shirt with his hand on his head.

It gets worse when the weather is gloomy. We're having cool weather here right now. Which adds to the melancholy for sure.

Source of my depression

A lot of my depression comes from regrets...wishing I had done things a certain way. The funny thing is, I know regretting is stupid. It doesn't make any sense.

Things happened the way they did for a reason. It was meant to be that way. Why look back and wish you could change things?

How I should fix it

I need to start looking ahead more and be grateful for where I'm at in life. That's the best way. But as far as the depression..I don't really know how to get rid of it. It comes in waves.

It's one of those things I just have to "ride out" and let it go on its own. 

I follow the yin/yang philosophy of the Taoists...knowing that everything in life comes and goes, and there is positive and negative, and cycles.

An overwhelmed woman puts both her hands on her head.

Deepening my understanding

So, knowing that, there is no way to be happy all the time. It simply doesn't work. When you're happy, it's temporary, just like when you're sad.

The sad times make us appreciate the happy. Sometimes you have to have the opposite of something so you can appreciate it.

It's the great irony of life. We can't all walk around being happy constantly. What kind of world would that be?

It might actually depress us more to be like that. I'm glad we can experience all we can in life.

bowl cut maintenance.wmv (funny viral video)

This video is awesome. I remember when I first learned about the "bowl cut guy". This guy is hilarious. I actually went through a phase where I was watching his YouTube channel all the time.

I haven't watched it in a long time, though. I'm not sure what he's up to these days. This video is hilarious, though. This is the famous piece of YouTube content called "Bowl cut maintenance".

Just a guy giving himself a bowl cut 

His hair is pretty epic, though, you have to admit. His video blew up and went viral on YouTube.

Lucky for sure. It would be awesome to have a video blow-up like that. He became very well known after this video blew up. He's a surfer living in Southern California.

Update: 

I watched Hamish's YouTube channel for a year or two pretty regularly after I found this video. He's a pretty well-known YouTuber at this point. He's made a very nice life for himself and is a genuinely nice guy.

Go check out his channel if you get a chance; it will change your life. It's amazing what going viral can do for you, as he is very well-known now.