Wow, this week has been full of hard work, soul searching, and inspiration!
Almost every day since starting this class I have felt conflicted inside. On the one hand I feel pushed too fast; Not feeling like I have enough time to really ponder and let all the information sink, or be thorough enough with the action steps. On the other hand, I recognize that it is an overwhelming process and without the deadlines and push to just "get it done", It would be easy to put it off till another, perhaps nonexistent day.
I finished reading the book Launching Leaders: An empowering journey for a new generation. I found it to have simple yet profound messages similar to, if not the same as, other leadership and success books I've read. The layout and constant summarizing made it easy to read and review the concepts through the chapters. The book encourages a lot of time to ponder, self evaluate, take action steps, ,all in the process of ultimately aligning our will and life with God. I recognized that the spirit was confirming true principles throughout the book.
Financial concerns have been constantly on my mind since we've gotten into a lot of necessary, and for sure some unnecessary/lack of self discipline, debt this year with the move and purchase of our Suburban. The Financial Fitness chapter filled me with hope that we can take small step to get out of all this debt and become financially fit.
I really enjoyed learning about the habits of success, especially that small things really can bring about greatness. In the past as my husband and I have made long term goals, It really has seemed to me that the plans would take too long and I would try everything to expedite the process only to become discouraged. I want to develop more of a successful mindset of doing consistent small steps, and developing habits that will lead me to long term success.
We did an assignment about facing our fears stopping us from moving forward with something. I chose to dig down and find out what my fears were with going to SVU for their music program. It really was empowering and neat to see that some of my fears when put into the light, were really not that big. The idea that fears thrive in being vague and unknown was fascinating to me. It's true, when you really look at the details of a fear, you can them make plans to not have that worst-case-scenario happen at all, and have a plan of what to do if it does. I'm encouraged by the thought of this life really being an experiment. What are the risks of taking a step, and what are the risks of inaction?
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