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.