Do we try to be unhappy with our lives on purpose? And, is it a generational thing?

Blake just got back from a trip to Colorado snowboarding. He made the comment that when they (Aaron and Blake) arrived in the airport, Aaron mentioned how he instantly felt like he was on vacation, whereas it took awhile for that sensation to kick-in for Blake. He felt home since we just moved from there, and since we spent a good portion of our year living out there in that airport! At dinner I told Blake that I was ok with living in Colorado, to which he replied, “It sure didn’t seem that way when we were living there.” Am I simply ok with living there now that I’m back home? I do miss the mountains, the water skiing, the snowboarding, and Mark, Cynthia, Trent & Pierce - and of course, Roxy.

Another scenario happened this weekend when my mom and me ran into an old family friend, Carol. Carol has a daughter, Kristin, going to school and she told us how Kristin kept changing her major and it took awhile for her to finally decide on the ‘one’. She then commented on how it seems like my generation never seemed happy - we want it all and we won’t be happy until we do.

I have plenty of friends who aren’t happy with their current situation - whether it be their job, their relationship, or their life in general. Is it just because my generation is now “20-something” the awkward stage in life in which you want everything but you don’t have enough experience to get it or is there something more to it? Were we raised differently to the point where we can’t be happy with what we have?

There is a question I have asked for years now, and no one has been able to provide me a satisfactory answer - do the color of your eyes affect how you see? Now, I haven’t asked an optometrist or any other professional before, mostly because I never think about it when I get my yearly eye exam.

If you think about it, how can you really define the color red? Perhaps the color red to me, with blue eyes, looks more orange to someone with, say, brown eyes. We are taught as young children that the grass is green and the sky is blue. But how do you really know what that is? If I am told since birth the grass is green, then any color I see as similar to it will be green. How does one define green or red?

Is there a difference between eye color or is just for “looks” with no purpose? Was there a mutation in genetics that caused the different colors? Is there a reason for it?

I asked Blake this question yesterday, and all he said was, “Sometimes you’re too deep for me.” If you couldn’t tell, this question has been bothering me for a long time now, so if you have a theory, I’d love to hear it.

It seems as though I can’t get away from blogging. Whether at work at TopRank Online Marketing, or starting this personal blog (ok, Thomas - you win!).

I’m not going to promise something new and different from all the other posts out there. By now, I realize it takes A LOT of hard work to be new and exciting.

I will try to post every now and then my personal thoughts, views of the world, things I like and things I don’t. It’s not a blog meant to drive hundreds to, but in my small way, make a difference and get my opinion heard.

With this, I am becoming more involved with The One campaign and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and have thoughts of doing something more with my life. I will be applying to volunteer at the Children’s Hospital of MN and who knows where my life will take me after that.

I will try to keep this updated with thoughts and events, but we’ll see how “blogged-out” I get at work!

P.S. Look for a re-design VERY soon (Blake, this means you!)