Week 2

There are so many things to write about this week! Coming up with the 50 items for my bucket list was quite enlightening, but hard. The first 10-15 came out rather quickly, which was so surprising to me, considering they were pretty random and not related to one another. I think those are the things I really want to accomplish. I will look back on that and make it happen. The rest took a lot more thought and a couple days. My favorite reading from this week was the talk by Jeffrey A.Thompson, What is Your Calling in Life? I loved how he eased my anxiety about finding the right career. JP and I had a great discussion about that talk tonight and how great it can be to unite the gospel and careers. The gospel of Jesus Christ should penetrate all that we do! Questions I am supposed to answer: Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams? He believed he could, and he not only believed it, he worked hard to achieve his dreams. He never gave up on his dreams, but adjusted them according to what was possible. Do you feel that dreaming is important? Why or why not? Yes. It helps to give me hope. Reaching for something makes life meaningful, whether it is a career or any other goal. Dreaming is like setting goals. Discuss at least one of your childhood dreams. Explain why you believe you can or cannot achieve this dream. When I was younger I wanted to be a choir teacher. I started to study this in college, only to have life take me away from it for awhile. I believe I could achieve this dream, but it has changed a little. I have other dreams that I have gained as I have lived a little more, but for that dream, I would change it a little to teaching others music in a different way, such as piano and voice lessons.