What happened this week?

As another week winds down, I wonder, where do we go from here?

Every week starts with so much that is on the horizon. Work, lunch hour, subway ride to and from your office, familiar and new faces, challenges - most of these are second nature to us, while the rest throws us off-guard. Sometimes it takes a toll and you feel tired - almost craving that the weekend comes faster. Weekend comes; you rest, meet up with your good friends, watch movies, explore, have food, go home, wind down and prepare for the week that is coming up.

During the week though, so many things happen. We can dissect any given hour in a day. The emails, the meetings that got scheduled at the last minute, the impromptu dinner outing with a friend, some bad lunch/dinner choices, the many feelings we feel throughout the day - anxiety, excitement, happiness, sadness, indifference, anger, and some that we don’t even know how to categorize.

We look into the past, we come back to the very present moment and yearn a little as to how future will look like. We wind down each night, having gone through quite a lot - if you really think about it, each day. Yet we discredit ourselves, saying we did not do enough.

However, there are moments spread through any given day, week, where all our worries dissolve, even if for few minutes, hours, maybe a day. Chatting with your friends, family, finding that funny meme, listening to that song, that perfect meal, workout, meeting, the unexpected walk down memory lane of better, happier moments in life. We often do not take a second to realize it is happening.  That that very moment is special and that you will remember it for a long period. However, that's ok. Not everything has to be dissected and analyzed.

Not everything has to make sense. Not everything has to do with you. The world does not really think so much about you as you think they do. Which is fine, it is actually liberating to know that the pressure we put on ourselves is not extreme. It's hard out there for sure - but enough dedication, a true heart, a smile should get you through the tough things.

I do not know where we go from here. But I do know that although so much went down last week and just the past 25 years, there have been numerous moments of just about everything. It would not be a life if things were not all over the place - regardless of how composed we try to act and what our social media may suggest. I am hoping for a low-key weekend, to recharge, to rest up. In addition, the hope will be to see what is out there next week. As I did last week, and the week before that and in general. Through it all - the good, the bad, the ugly.