James+By's+OpEd+Article

This is the information age. Everyone is getting texts from their friends, reading the news online, and watching YouTube videos. Many people now have the means to know everything about what is happening in the world, which celebrity is having a divorce, when your friends are hanging out, and why Bob broke up with his girlfriend.

We take so much time learning about other people that we don't take the time to learn about yourself. The only time that I have to discover more about myself is when I have time contemplate. This consists mostly of me daydreaming when I am supposed to be doing other things. My mind wanders off on an idea that pops into my head. It evolves and branches off into many tangents until the main idea is long forgotten. I am left thinking about something that really interests me. Each daydream that I remember is a puzzle piece. These pieces help to shape who I am.

To figure out who you are, you don't just have to conquer your mind. You have to live life like you are meant to. For me this means overcoming doubt. Many times a day, an opportunity arises which I don’t take advantage of. The barricade in my mind is doubt. You have to take risks when that nagging doubt kicks in. The times that I have overcome that doubt, the outcome has almost always been life changing for you or for another person in a small but effective way.


 * Take time in your day to think. Think about what you love. Think about how you live. Think about how you want to change, push aside doubt, take risks and live your life in a way in which only you can.**