Journal

What did you love this week?  

This week was kind of stressful for me. I was really irritable all week and I was not a fan. My roommates weren’t either. everything made me angry, frustrated, or irritated. I am certainly not normally like that. But, I am doing much better now. I was able to use the gym as an outlet for most of the week or go on walks with my dog. I was stressed about the venture project too. I feel like my team has more research to do about the logistics of how it will all work. We will figure it out though.

I was able to do a lot of work over the weekend for my group. I don’t mind that they didn’t help, I didn’t ask. I really just wanted to get the BIC done and I decided to just go ahead and do it and explain it later. I also did a few other things just so they got done and we won’t have to worry about them. I’m happy I did that because it relieved some stress I was feeling. I don’t think my group will mind too much.

Some other un-school-related things that I loved were the parts of the day when the sun came out. I think it was Thursday night that I saw some sun shining incredibly bright on the mountains outside my window. I love when the clouds are real dark and the sun lights up the trees against the dark background. Anyway, I decided to drop everything I was doing and chase the sun. I drove over to Larabee elementary school and basked in the setting sun. It was so bright and so lovely. I took some cute photos of myself which I don’t do very often even though I enjoy it.

School wise I was stressed but there were other things I loved this week which helped. 🙂

What resonated with you in workshops?

I don’t know what resonated. I wish we had gotten the work time that was scheduled. I think that would have been more helpful than the coaching and the other thing we did Wednesday. I feel like I would have been more productive and more engaged if instead of presentations we got work time. I’m not really sure what the presentations were for or why we listened to them. I wish the things we did in class went along with ventures or gave us more tips on how to be successful in our ventures. I am not sure how to apply what we did to my venture. Maybe we could do something about how to find important clients to interview, or how to actually start a business and the steps for that, or team-building exercises. I feel like some of what we do isn’t connected to entrepreneurship and more to motivation and self-growth… But the class “innovating You” already does that. I wish there was more of a focus on entrepreneurship and connecting the ventures to the stuff we do in class. Maybe that will happen as I move on in the course but I don’t know right now.

How might you apply this week’s learnings to your venture?

I suppose if I take anything I would take the part about coaching and listening/ checking in with my team more. Make sure everyone is on the same page and that we all know what we are supposed to be doing. Instead of getting wrapped up in my own worries and stresses, I could engage with my group and come up with a better game plan.