Week 1.

This week has been a great week. I especially enjoyed making the list of 50 things I want to do. I think it helps to make lists like these so that we can remember our dreams and our passions. Like hear in the videos, we will fail many times in our lives at things we try and do, but we must keep moving forward and learning from our experiences. This goes right along with learning about seeking our dreams. Dreaming is very important. If we dream we are always looking for something that we think is out our reach but still strive to reach them. In doing this we are always growing and learning. I also liked reading about our callings in life. Though we may not all have a calling, we are all given talents and we are encouraged to expound on those talents while seeking and learning new talents at the same time. I also learned about being a live long learner and why that is important. By always learning we never become obsolete and we can always work and do what is needed of us. By being able to do all this we will always be able to work and have a job and also become more valuable and rise up in our careers.

Intro week

Week one has been a great learning experience. I enjoyed reading the talk “Brigham Young University–Idaho:  A Disciple Preparation Center.” I enjoyed learning about how special it is that Ricks college became BYU-Idaho and how it is a temple of learning, a place where we can come to better ourselves, our knowledge and become better Disciples of Christ. David A. Bednar said, “Let me suggest that in Rexburg, Idaho, we are in the process of creating not a missionary training center (MTC), but a Disciple Preparation Center—a DPC. In this special and sacred and set apart place, you and I have access to unparalleled spiritual resources that can assist us in developing and deepening our devotion as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

The videos by Guy Kawasaki where very meaningful to me. Throughout my life I have been told, “Do what you like; and you will never work a day in your life.” This goes hand in hand with what Guy said about doing what we love and money will follow. The older I become, the more jobs I have, and the more I study in school, the more I realize how true these statements are. So often I have seen friends and family come home from work tired and miserable and wake up dreading going to work that day. I think that if we do whatever we like, then we will excel in it because it won’t seem like work to us because we will be enjoying what we do. This also follows with the other video I watched by him called Passion vs, Money. I will find a job and a career so that I don’t have to work a day in my life and still provide for my family.

I have also come to find that the principles of keeping a journal can be very advantageous in life. One of the ways a journal has been most impactful to me in my life is being able to read back and see where I was and compare it to where I am now. The readings said this gives us an opportunity to reevaluate and re apply past lessons while compiling and even bigger and more meaningful lesson.