"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" -Confucius

Something important I've learned about life is that there is no such thing as, and never will be such thing as, normal. Things will "never get back to normal". If you keep telling yourself you'll do something when things are normal the reality is, you'll probably never do that thing.

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking" -Marcus Aurelius

That thing, whether it's taking a yoga class or starting to workout, is only going to become a part of your life at the cost of something else. Everything has a cost. That's a major principle in the business world; there's no such thing as a free lunch, basic economics. There is a cost to everything. If you want to take that yoga class then that means you have to sacrifice the time you could have been doing something else. That could be your homework, working for money, sleeping, hanging out with friends etc.

"The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed" -Eminem

Something I find myself saying a lot I that once things get back to normal I'll start doing this certain thing again or I'll start a brand new thing. I'll start working out again and start hanging out with a new friend. What that really means is that I'm using my situation as a scapegoat. The reality is is that one season of your life is never going to line up with another season of your life. Things change, friends come and go, people come in and out of your life, habits come and go, routines form and break, it's just how life works. If we get so caught up in perfecting that schedule or restoring it to how it used to be we will miss out on a ton of other valuable things.

So what does that mean?

That means stop making excuses and go do that new thing. Go to the cycling club, start hanging out with that person you never ended up hanging out with, even if that means missing out on sleep. Even if that means missing out on XYZ. Life is just constantly cutting things out and pasting things in. Anything in this world will fade and if we try to hang on to those things we will fade along with them. To have a normal life in essence is to have a life that is not normal at all. Most people's lives are anything but normal, but thats what makes them normal. If we can learn to succumb to the changing nature of this world and subscribe to a greater ideology that welcomes constant change, I think we might be alright.