BENNEFIT BLOG

Circa Jamaica, December 12, 2016 So they say friends come and go... Sure they do but its the ones who don't go that need to be kept close and thats what my eyes have been opened up to this past week/end. So let me start with my step sisters wedding two weekends ago, which is where the inspiration to write this started. I got a chance to collectively meet not only all of her closest friends but her new husbands best friends from all stretches of life. Being able to see all these people in one place made me realize that in one way each one of them played an important role in my sister and her husbands life really got me thinking just about friendship in general. Both of them had their closest friends on the entire planet at their wedding and it really made me ponder.. "Who will  be the ones to stand by my side while I'm up there on my wedding day?" Thats a pretty interesting question to think about, right?? That question really got me thinking about who I consid...

Sitting in Philadelphia International waiting for a flight seems like a good time to reflect on some realizations that occurred to me while returning home to New Jersey after being gone for so long. The trip was very eventful, full of time spent with family and friends around the 4 th of July holiday that was well enjoyed. With all of the celebration and activities many lessons are becoming more evident now that I am in full fledged adulting mode leading into last year of grad school in Florida. Lesson 1. Budget wisely Leading up to the trip back to NJ from FL I basically only had saved enough to afford the transportation between flights and trains round-trip and didn’t take into consideration all of the other things I would need to spend money on like food and nights out on the town with my friends. Big reason is that I made some purchasing decisions before I flew out that set me back and basically forced me to work while I was home on my “vacation” to make up for the expens...

Now I'm sure that this is just me getting inside my own head or over-analyzing myself, but I would like to believe that what I'll be talking about in this post is not just unique only to me and that there are also people my age or in similar situations as myself who can relate. For some time now I have been consistently overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with work, overwhelmed with school, overwhelmed with my social life, overwhelmed my personal life, Just. Overwhelmed. And after thinking about it for a while now I have come to a realization that although this state of overwhelmingness has begun to take over my life, I have been battling it quite efficiently. Also, I think that it all boils down to this: The reason I am feeling this is because of my overly ambitious lifestyle and I may tend to bite of more than I can chew. The reason I titled this being scatterbrained is that it s exactly how I feel: My thoughts are all over the place my priorities are all unorganized and althou...