Seananigans

School has been out for about 2 weeks and this summer has gone off to a pretty good start. Went to a cabin off the Frio river for 5 days just outside of Garner State Park. Spent my time jumping out of trees, playing games, and getting poison ivy all over me. Yea, it was sweet to say the least.

Really these last few days have really had me thinking a lot about life and things in general. I've been trying to read as much as I can, picking up anything and everything, but the hard part is actually finishing a book I have started.

All day today me and Morgan Knect have been hanging out talking about life, drugs, Christianity, and a million wide variety of topics. It's a funny thing when you get into good conversations the amazing ammount of cool/strange ideas that pop up in your head. Try to imagine all the ideas you have thought of at one time or another that you thought, "Hey, this would be awesome to do.." but then never do. Its one thing to think of great ideas, and another to actually put them into action. But anyways I'm trying to make a more conscious effort to write my thoughts down when they come to me. Or else they seem to disappear into oblivion.

Wow, well there is a lot of things I want to write about, but I think I will do that at a later date. But do go to this website if you have the chance... it has all these quotes about different subjects on pretty much anything that interests you. Its a great way to get inspired.

http://www.quotegarden.com
and this is a link I recommend of their website: http://www.quotegarden.com/be-great.html -- DO IT!

I've realized that you don't have to be in school to get an education. You can educate yourself without being in school. You can read books, do independant studies, etc.

Depending on how this summer goes, I may take a semester off from school. My reasons being this...
My belief is that every man reaps what he sows. The work you put into your education is what you will get out of it. Right now, I don't have any real idea of what I want to get out of college. I did recently settle on philosophy as my major, but other than that it is pretty ambigous. For me to continue, I need to figure out my own goals for what I want. Staying in college without any goals doesn't do anything. I can be enrolled and taking classes, but if i don't know what I want to get out of it, and don't put forth a lot of effort, then i'm wasting my time and my parents money.

The reason I would take a semester off would be so that my time in school would no longer be wasted, but that I would be making the most of it. I would take time to read in different areas and start settling on my own goals, figuring out what is important to me, then put all of my work into that.

Now, none of this is final. This is just an idea that I have been toying with. Hopefully, I will figure things out this summer. But if I don't feel that I am ready then I will wait.

I also believe college and school is definently a great means to get educated, but not the only means. I place a high value on college, but I will no longer but half-hearted effort into something I have no idea what I want out of.

I also want to note that I have been very very fortunate indeed that my parents have funded me thus far in school. Without their support I would not be where I am, and I would not now be finding this opportunity to do this. College has been immensely helpful in so many ways. From learning social skills and the wonderful friends that I have around me, to what God has been taking me through. I'm so glad that i've gotten to come here. I just want to make the most of it so 10-20 years later down the road I won't regret not making the most of my college experience.

So on that end, my summer plans are to read A LOT so if any of you have any recommendations I would love to hear from you.