Today was one of those days where I didn't get quite as much done as I would have liked to, but I'm alright with that because I took some time to really settle some things and 'smell the roses' in my life, as my dad would say. The over-arching theme of my musing lately has been around the issue of contentment: I'm not content, I would be content if...(fill in the blank), I was content until...(again, fill in the blank), and Why has my mindset changed when the circumstances of my life haven't? This all came to a head over the weekend (oh the irony of wrestling with contentment on Thanksgiving weekend!), but felt wholly unsettled until I was driving home just now. Amazingly, the most simple way to explain the conclusion that I've come to is by telling you about a class I'm taking at school! I should add a small disclaimer here: There are two things that you should know about me. First, I'm the type of student who actually really loves school, and as ...