Two more weeks have flown by and I can’t believe I’m already here writing again. Life here recently has been filled with a lot of “I can’t believe this is my life” moments that have made me reflect on how thankful I am to be living in this new reality that really feels like a dream. I’m never quite sure how I’m going to use my 500 words to describe the experiences I’ve had each week until I brain dump my thoughts and end up with something, but this week I want to share a specific moment from this week that helped me to redefine how I want to view this next year of my life:
On Tuesday, we hosted an entrepreneur workshop for community members focusing on creating a business model and finding the purpose and value behind it. It’s a lesson I’ve heard a multitude of times throughout my college career in a variety of different entrepreneurship classes, but I had never been on the delivering side of it before. It was such a unique experience to hear these individuals share the dreams they have of what they want their businesses to be one day, and help them find their value and voice behind that business model.
It made me think of where I was when I was on the receiving end of these classes. Just last year, sitting in my senior year venture planning class, creating a business model and finding the value in that business that only I could bring into the market. But rather than dreaming about making that business a reality one day, I was dreaming about helping other people bring their dreams to life. I dreamed about living abroad, doing everything I could to make this world a better place. I dreamed about the life I am living right now.
After the workshop was finished, I went out with some of my coworkers to get an early dinner. As we were sitting together, we started talking about our own lives, and what we wanted for our own futures. As I was talking, I started to realize that even though I am barely 2 months into this year-long experience, I’m already thinking and worrying about what’s next: Where do I want to move? What job do I want to get? Where else will I be able to travel to? Do I need to start making plans already? We talked about how easy it is to be continuously focused on what’s next, rather than enjoying where you are right now. It was a wake up call to compare myself a year ago, dreaming about where I am right now, to myself now, living a dream come true but worried about what’s next.
So, I made that a new goal for my time here. Even if I don’t know what comes next, I want to focus on where I am now. I want to live this experience the best I can, enjoying each day as it is given to me. What a blessing it is to be here!
With love, Sarah
featuring random pictures from a concert I went to this week because I need to get better at documenting my time here 🙂