18 Sep 2021

This week has been overwhelming, exciting, discouraging, and enlightening.  I have had doubts about this new adventure as well as excitement to learn new skills and knowledge.  As my week and assignments progressed, I have felt better about my choice to learn about entrepreneurship.  As a 53-year-old grandmother beginning my educational journey in earnest, I often wonder, "What was I thinking!"  But each class I complete, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.  I am proud of myself for getting out of my comfort zone and improving my future.

 A few things have stood out to me this week.  Pres. Bednar's talk, "Your Whole souls as an Offering to Him," spoke of Sacrifice and Consecration.  I am sacrificing a lot of time to obtain an education, but I need to consecrate that education to "a sacred purpose."  That spoke to me.  If I keep that focus throughout my college career, I can find what the Lord has in mind for me. Then, I can be used to further His work in whatever manner that may become.

I am intrigued to learn to "fail quickly, cheaply, and often," as Jeff Sandefer talks about in "Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero."  He says that we need to "embrace failure as a friend."  I am afraid of failure, so the idea of failing often and embracing it is a new concept.  I am excited to learn all about it!

I don't know how to share the URL for my blog post. So I have been searching on Google to learn how to share my URL for this assignment correctly.  I will be experimenting until I get it right.  I will share what I find in next week's post. 

I am looking forward to finding my purpose so that I can make a difference in my world.  I have some ideas that have popped into my head as I have read different assignments this week. I want to find a way to share my love of reading with my deaf granddaughter.  I have loved reading to my children and love to read to my grandchildren now.  My granddaughter loves to look at books that I read, but I want to share more of the experience with her.  I am setting a goal to spend 10 minutes a day learning a children's book in ASL.  Sharing stories through ASL is where I will start!