Week One

A new semester at BYUI has begun. I am excited and intrigued by my BUS183 class. In a way, I fell into my business major. I never imagined I would study business at all, let alone choose it as a major. It was never in my heart. In the end I chose it for it's practicality, though I felt like I was sacrificing my heart for it.  

I am pleased to say that studying business is not at all what I expected it to be. It can be interesting, exciting, and even challenging. I always imagined business as a grey cubicle, repetitively punching numbers, and completing never-ending tedious tasks. I am learning that business is what makes the world go around. I am learning that business is what builds and shapes a community or culture. I am learning that I am an entrepreneur at heart. I want to be involved in the world. I want to build and shape.

This is the first week of the new semester and I am already learning about what it is to be an entrepreneur. I was touched by a lot of things in the reading, but I wanted to take a minute to mention a few things from the article, "Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero" by Jeff Sandefer.

Jeff said that a life as an entrepreneur is a life of adventure. I love adventure. I also don't believe you need to go far to find one. Each day can be an adventure if you live it to it's fullest. I am terrible with directions. Whenever I was the driver with a group of friends, we were sure to get lost. I used to always say that we were "just going on an adventure". Getting lost could have made me frustrated but instead I took it as an opportunity to explore a new part of town, or even a new city, if that's where the adventure takes me.

The following was also said in the article, "the life of an entrepreneurial hero isn't easier than a normal life -- it's more difficult." I can appreciate a mildly difficult life. If life is too easy I get bored. If life is too easy for too long, I actually get depressed. In such cases I feel like I have lost my purpose and find it hard to do anything at all.

I am intrigued by this journal assignment. In the description of the assignment, it was said that a journal is a mirror. I found that really interesting. I am hoping that by writing and rereading this assignment, I will be able to really see myself. This is something I am constantly confused by. I don't really know what I want from my future. I hope I can make a solid step in the right direction during this course.