Week 4- Back in Business

Part 1: Educational Goals

Like many 26 year old college students, I just want desperately want to graduate. It seems that I have succeeded in other areas in life that others tend to struggle with. I am engaged to a wonderful woman, I have a great group of friends, and I am pretty happy pretty much all of the time. I can even strike up a conversation with a complete stranger and not feel awkward about it in the slightest. However, what is holding me back professionally is a college degree. I already have several soft offers from various co workers and I cannot wait to accept one. I am so close but it is important for me to not get too worked up and lose focus so close to the finish line.

Part 2: Career Goals

This may sound bad but I am very much not ambitious in regards to my career. In my opinion, work facilitates life and not the other way around. My fiance grew up below the poverty line so I am well aware of what is at stake with my career. I need to make enough money so that my family never has to worry about the basics in life like if there will be a roof over our heads or if we get to eat that night. However, aside from that I have no aspirations of making my own start up that gets bought by Google for millions of dollars and then I buy a Yacht.

Part 3: Team Members Time Management

No surprise here, my team members are all much better than me in the time management department. I feel that I have the most difficulty starting early enough and then sticking to a schedule. That being said, as a result of that I am very good at thriving under pressure. If I had to give advice to any of my team mates it would be to make sure to relax and never panic because once a person panics, the battle is lost. Of course, none of my teammates have shown any sign of panic since they have never been so foolish as to put themselves into a situation that warrants it.

Part 4: Update

This week I learned two things. One, outlines are hard. Two, scouting wedding venues takes a lot longer than I thought it would. I have always been more of a free form writing. Just sitting at a computer and kind of letting my papers organically evolve. So whenever I encounter an outline, it's almost like I'm a monkey trying to do a math problem. My brain just kind of doesn't naturally work that way. But because of that I am grateful for the assignment. The only way to get better at something I suck at is to do it a bunch of times until I don't suck at it anymore.