Thought for the day: I'm sure the spicy food and overindulgence just before bed played a large part in my mixture of strange and lucid dreams last night. I tossed and turned a good part of the night in sort of a half awake yet surreal conscientiousness. I woke up this morning feeling very un-rested and slightly beat up but something from all of this stood out in my mind. There was a sequence in which I was stressed about not having accomplished all the things I have wanted to accomplish at this point. I was having a conversation about this with a friend when they asked me.... "Do you ever stop and appreciate where you're at now?" I was a bit confused and must have expressed this because they said, "I mean do you take time to think about and appreciate the things you've accomplished and the progress you've made?"

While this was just a dream it stuck with me as I woke up this morning. It made me really stop and think about how I measure my success. I realized that rather than reaching forward and being
unsatisfied with what I haven't accomplished, it might be better to look back and realize what I have. Just looking back at my photos and seeing what I've witnessed in the past 2 years alone is amazing. The point to all this, if there is one, is to remember what's really important in life. In the end, the measurement of success should be scored by a surplus of experiences, and enjoyment of each day and the good people met along the way, rather than by possessions and bank account balances.