Christian A. Thompson - Reflections

  The Dream and the Importance of the Dream 9-24-22 During this second week of learning, I've done a lot of pondering and reflecting about what I want to accomplish in my life - as prompted by the study material: creating a life of meaning, and making a bucket-list of things I want to accomplish in life. These exercises have been both inspiring and intimidating. About Randy Pausch and how he as able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams, I think one of the main drivers was his determination to not take no for an answer. He considered the time, the costs, the obstacles, and faced them. He didn't give up, and he kept learning everything he needed to know in order to make the dream a reality. He didn't expect the opportunity to just show up on a silver platter in front of him. Rather, he was proactive and worked hard to make it happen. He was also able to achieve his dreams because his dream stayed the same: he didn't give up on the dream or discount it as being silly...

 9-16-2022 My name is Christian Thompson. There isn't really an easy way to bring you up to speed to everything that's in my head or in my heart and how it all got there. The best I can do is start where I am, and maybe give you some back-story as we go along. This is an entrepreneurial journal blog, where I am going to share insights and reflections as I study and go through this journey of pursuing one of many callings in life and my career. I will share lessons I have learned, lessons I haven't yet learned or am in the process of processing, and how to move forward from there. I don't yet have a way to organize all my thoughts categorically, so I apologize if some things don't make a lot of sense at this point. Put that as first on the list of Lessons not yet learned. I started this class without a whole lot of conscious preparation. I am working full-time as a graphic designer and product developer for a promo-supplier, C-Slide. My educational journey has been a...