Daniel J Isom

I've been thinking a lot lately about topics I want to talk about here on the blog, but I often find that I don't really know enough about some of the subjects to really post anything worth reading. What's the solution? Deep dive into the internet to learn more. I was doing that recently, when I came to the realization that I spend WAY too much time staring at a screen throughout the day. I wake up and use my phone before the kids get up, then I'm in front of a computer all day at work, then I sit at home on my phone here and there before bed while also watching TV, and once everyone else is asleep, I'm up for another hour or two looking at my phone. In a given day, I look at a screen for approximately 10 to 12 hours. Is it greatly affecting my life, my health, and/or my relationships with others? Hard to tell since I'm paying so much attention to a screen of some sort. This has to stop.

Yesterday, I saw this picture posted by a page I follow on Facebook called  Collective Evolution . I immediately shared it because I truly believe in the quote from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. I'm not a practicing Buddhist but ever since I was a young teen, something about the religion/philosophy has rung true with me. I have dabbled in meditation and have done research about the different sects but have never immersed myself into it for some reason. I think that ends today. Shortly after I shared the post, my mother commented with "An odd choice for a Catholic to post. What does your Bible say?" I gave that question a thought, but only for a second. I quickly responded with "I believe Jesus would say the exact same thing." I wholeheartedly believe what I said to be true but as a semi-practicing Catholic at best, I don't know what my bible would say about that. Ever since I woke up this morning, I can't stop thinking about that exchange. Som

This past Friday was my 32nd birthday and while it's not one of the significant milestone years, I thought it'd be interesting to write something about my life thus far as somewhat of a journal entry. When people in the past have asked, "Do you feel older?" My immediate response was always, "No." The answer didn't change this weekend but as I've started to reflect on it some more, I am starting to feel like I'm no longer young anymore. I'm certainly not old by any means but somewhere in between and I'm not sure how I feel about it.