The Pursuit Of Life

Sam sat against a tree in a small field about a mile into the woods behind his family's house. He's somehow recently developed a fondness for spending time secluded in nature. And he loved studying and collecting plants and minerals and whatever else he could find. Often creating journals with drawings and diagrams, to identify and lock his findings. He came to this specific tree quite often whenever he wanted to clear his head or make a big decision. It was isolated away from everyone and everything.
Sam had just turned 18 and was going off to university in the coming fall. He still had not yet fully decided what he wanted to study though. And it was eating away at him. He knew he didn't have to decide right then and then stick to it for the rest of his life. But
