I've had this post stewing in my head for sometime now and I finally got a chance to really sit down and get my thoughts together. It was after I read, Don't Carpe Diem that I knew I had to write this. But understand that this is not a rebuttal or dispute of that article, just my view of those two little words, Carpe Diem. I'm sure you've heard the phrase once or twice. I heard it plenty of times growing up and I probably even put it on my AIM profile under Favorite Quotes when I was 15. And if you asked that 15 year-old me what the phrase means I would have confidently told you, seize the day, make every moment count. But it was a history professor mid-way through … [Read more...]