Week 6: Working Hard, Hardly Working

 

This week when I read about self-mastery, both in the book and the talk by Elder Tanner, I learned a few cool things and a few not so cool things.

One of the things I learned is that I am a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to hobbies -- except for one. The one that I've stuck with is photography, and as I just keep practicing, I just keep getting better. I love it enough to really stick with it, and this has never happened to me before.

I have also been thinking about what I do better than anyone else in the world. When I asked my parents, my mom said I am the most self-aware person she knows. That was really interesting to me, because I feel like for the past couple months I've been painfully out-of-touch with my own needs. It was good to hear that while I may have been neglecting my own well-being, I definitely know myself well, and these are things I'll be able to figure out. I don't know how to blend my gift of self-awareness with my love of photography and make it into my dream career yet, but hopefully I can be intrepid and figure it out!

Overall, here at the end of the week I'm feeling really grateful for the time I've been able to spend thinking about my future, my goals, and my life, and extra grateful that I finally have a job that I love enough to stick with for a long time.