Kellen's Blog

 This week's studies were great. I found Randy Pauch's last speech very interesting. I love how, at the beginning of his speech, he told the audience about his cancer, and upon telling them this, he asked if they thought he should be acting differently. I love that his mindset was so different than what most people who suffer from cancer would be. I strive to have the same mindset as him. Although I may not have cancer, obviously, I like how his mindset stayed positive even through the most trying times of his life. I think that dreaming is so important. I believe that you need to have dreams and goals in order to have a successful life. If you do not have dreams, then you have nothing to be successful in, just as with goals. My childhood dream has always been to help people; my father is my inspiration for this. My father has always helped anyone he can. We always make jokes that he doesn't know the word "no". I always loved to go on ministering assignments with ...

    This week, I learned many things about the path I wish to take in my life, as well as many things I never knew about myself. As I start this first week of classes, I wrote many 'Icebreaker' entries, all of which I strived to make different than the last. I found this very enlightening because I don't regularly talk or write about myself. As I wrote these entries for my various classes, it revealed a plan to me that I had not previously known. I am currently majoring in Business Management and minoring in elementary education. I have always known I wanted to own my own business, and I have also always loved working with kids. I have interned for multiple elementary grade classes and am always a help in primary at church. In my free time, I love fashion. I have always loved to create my own clothing, simply starting from scratch or combining multiple pre-loved pieces and giving them a new life as one. Fashion has helped me express myself when I could not do it with my v...