{"id":314,"date":"2013-02-22T01:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T15:12:51","slug":"hard-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/hard-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard work."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frustrated\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So I am not sure why but I totally did not anticipate grad school being this tough.\u00a0 It is whooping my butt.\u00a0 I’ve always enjoyed school and learning, I am a nerd like that.\u00a0 BUT, I did not expect how overwhelming it was going to be.\u00a0 A little over a year ago I decided that I needed to stop dragging my feet and enroll in the MBA program here at AU, since it is free to me as an employee.\u00a0 Duh, right?\u00a0 Well, I got about 3 courses in and there was a new program established that I switched over to because it is WAYYY more up my alley.\u00a0 The official name of the Program is Master of Leadership for Service.<\/strong>\u00a0 It is a program based on the idea of Servant Leadership, so less of a business focus and more of a serving others focus.\u00a0 I absolutely LOVE this program,\u00a0 we have entire classes on concepts such as\u00a0 self-awareness, stewardship, being a good listener, presence etc.<\/p>\n

\"sl\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I am almost a year in and I have had so many “aha” moments and lessons that I can use right away in my life, not to mention I am learning a lot about myself and things I need to work on.\u00a0 The only downside is that this is a weekend only program.\u00a0 Which means all my classes are held every other Friday night and EVERY Saturday throughout the semesters. \u00a0 So what do you get when you add that to two jobs?\u00a0\u00a0 You guessed it, no life.\u00a0\u00a0 When I am spent on Sunday night and the last thing I want to do is work on a 10 page paper or read a case study,\u00a0 I make excuses in my head of why I should maybe “postpone” the program when I am “not so busy”.\u00a0\u00a0 And I say this even though I enjoy the program, but giving up the little precious time you have to yourself, even if it is to work towards something that is important to you, is still hard.\u00a0 Sometimes you just have to suck it up and press on.\u00a0 Life is always going to be busy.\u00a0 If you do not find the time NOW to start reaching for your dreams, they will get harder and harder to achieve.\u00a0 Not impossible of course, but harder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"WINEWALK\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a lot of social gatherings I have to miss with friends, simply because\u00a0 Saturday night is the only time I have to work on my paper, do laundry, cook for the week, clean, write workout plans, spend time with Shain etc.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes, I am a total flake and will\u00a0 bail on plans at the last minute, 99% of the time this is because I am just simply exhausted.\u00a0 I need to work on that.\u00a0 My mental health is important to me, but I also need to respect other people’s plans. Luckily, I have the BEST friends and family and they understand.\u00a0 The people that don’t understand, get phased out pretty quick.<\/p>\n

\"friends\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We often have to make a lot of sacrifices to reach a goal but THAT is exactly why it feels so good in the end.\u00a0 If it was easy, everybody would do it.\u00a0 If it was no skin off our back, we wouldn’t appreciate it as much.\u00a0 Hard work feels GOOD.<\/p>\n

Do you have something you have been itching to try, a goal you have had on your mind for a while now?\u00a0 What is stopping you?\u00a0 Fear of failure?\u00a0 Time? In both of my professions I hear a lot of this ‘I don’t have time”.<\/strong>\u00a0 Whenever somebody says that this is what I actually hear-“It’s not a priority”<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will make time for the things that are important to you.\u00a0 If you don’t,\u00a0 they are not that important.\u00a0 Period. \u00a0 So stop wasting time on Facebook, watching mindless TV or sitting on your couch and go work towards something that MATTERS.\u00a0 Start chipping away at your dreams.\u00a0 One year from now, you will wish you had started today.<\/p>\n

Stay blessed in the mess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I am not sure why but I totally did not anticipate grad school being this tough.\u00a0 It is whooping my butt.\u00a0 I’ve always enjoyed school and learning, I am a nerd like that.\u00a0 BUT, I did not expect how overwhelming it was going to be.\u00a0 A little over a year ago I decided that I needed to stop dragging my feet and enroll in the MBA program here at AU, since it is free to me as an employee.\u00a0 Duh, right?\u00a0 Well, I got about 3 courses in and there was a new program established that I switched over to because it is WAYYY more up my alley.\u00a0 The official name of the Program is Master of Leadership for Service.\u00a0 It is a program based on the idea of Servant Leadership, so less of a business focus and more of a serving others focus.\u00a0 I absolutely LOVE this program,\u00a0 we have entire classes on concepts such as\u00a0 self-awareness, stewardship, being a good listener, presence etc. I am almost a year in and I have had so many “aha” moments and lessons that I can use right away in my life, not to mention I am learning a lot about myself and things I need to work on.\u00a0 The only downside is that this is a weekend only program.\u00a0 Which means all my classes are held every other Friday night and EVERY Saturday throughout the semesters. \u00a0 So what do you get when you add that to two jobs?\u00a0\u00a0 You guessed it, no life.\u00a0\u00a0 When I am spent on Sunday night and the last thing I want to do is work on a 10 page paper or read a case study,\u00a0 I make excuses in my head of why I should maybe “postpone” the program when I am “not so busy”.\u00a0\u00a0 And I say this even though I enjoy the program, but giving up the little precious time you have to yourself, even if it is to work towards something that is important to you, is still hard.\u00a0 Sometimes you just have to suck it up and press on.\u00a0 Life is always going to be busy.\u00a0 If you do not find the time NOW to start reaching for your dreams, they will get harder and harder to achieve.\u00a0 Not impossible of course, but harder. There are a lot of social gatherings I have to miss with friends, simply because\u00a0 Saturday night is the only time I have to work on my paper, do laundry, cook for the week, clean, write workout plans, spend time with Shain etc.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes, I am a total flake and will\u00a0 bail on plans at the last minute, 99% of the time this is because I am just simply exhausted.\u00a0 I need to work on that.\u00a0 My mental health is important to me, but I also need to respect other people’s plans. Luckily, I have the BEST friends and family and they understand.\u00a0 The people that don’t understand, get phased out pretty quick. We often have to make a lot of sacrifices to reach a goal but THAT is exactly why it feels so good in the end.\u00a0 If it was easy, everybody would do it.\u00a0 If it was no skin off our back, we wouldn’t appreciate it as much.\u00a0 Hard work feels GOOD. Do you have something you have been itching to try, a goal you have had on your mind for a while now?\u00a0 What is stopping you?\u00a0 Fear of failure?\u00a0 Time? In both of my professions I hear a lot of this ‘I don’t have time”.\u00a0 Whenever somebody says that this is what I actually hear-“It’s not a priority”.\u00a0 You will make time for the things that are important to you.\u00a0 If you don’t,\u00a0 they are not that important.\u00a0 Period. \u00a0 So stop wasting time on Facebook, watching mindless TV or sitting on your couch and go work towards something that MATTERS.\u00a0 Start chipping away at your dreams.\u00a0 One year from now, you will wish you had started today. 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