Hey y’all, you might know you might not, but this week we have a LOT to talk about. Let’s just say I have been feeling mighty overwhelmed and increasingly stressed from this class this week. I love ENTR, but man they don’t let anything slide and the amount of work that can be thrown at you to do within the shortest time frame possible is something I have only experienced in this class. With that in mind I hope you stick with me and let’s go on an ADVENTURE!
Prompt #1:
I am gearing myself up and trying to take care of myself so that I can power through all the online pieces of the world these days. There are planners and ideas and journals everywhere around me. They all have different purposes and some overlap, but it’s all to keep me grounded and motivated to stay engaged. As for this quarter, i expect a lot of uncertainty and change. I have no idea what I am doing with my life and COVID has thrown everything that I wanted to do out the window. So this is going to be another quarter that I just have to trust the process and know that I am being lead to somewhere I can thrive. Even if I am being lead blindfolded right now. I want to make change and create something positive and long-lasting. That being said, I believe it means that I need to take my time and learn what it is I want to create. Being patient and slow is not my speed, but I really want to find something to care about enough to give it my passion and a lot of time in my life. My sparks: global connections, listening to people and growing their passions, books, adventures, living life for the joy, animals, relationships, empathy, hope. How do I explain my life in just a few sparks. How do I narrow down my field and find the questions to ask. What problems are out there that just I can solve.
Prompt #2:
I believe I answered most of prompt 2 in my last Journal Entry, so we will be skipping this one!
Prompt #3:
Soooooo, the E4 exam. That was probably more challenging because I made it so. But it still took a lot of energy and time to dissect something that gave as little information as possible throughout. True West Ventures is an interesting deep dive, but also what the heck you have NO information online. Your business model SUCKS to research. But it was very informative into how much work I feel I need to put into any project that I care about. I really will dive as deep and as far as I can if I hold any interest in the topic at hand. As for creating a venture myself, I still feel like I have no idea where I am in a very dark forest. And SWOT and PESTLE are still fairly easy, I don’t feel that I learned anything more about how to use them from this project. What did I learn this week? I learned that even if you don’t have a fully fleshed out business venture you can still have more online than Tim. If he wants to reach out to the younger generation or the internet natives, then he needs to get himself online and active. But that’s all in the past now, I’m ready to move forward with what I did learn and make the most of this quarter.
See y’all on the flip side!