In class this week, we have been trying to plan out our future and decide what we “want to be when we grow up”. It’s supposed to be what I want for myself, but it’s hard to imagine my own future when so much of it depends on my husband and kids. My childhood dream was always to get married and be a mom. I have been married for 13 years now and have five beautiful children. They are almost to the age of school, which will leave me time during the day to pursue something for myself.

I have been leaning towards starting a fitness center (gym and nutritional consultation) from my home. In class, we have focused a lot on networking and getting your name out there.  It’s been interesting to look a little deeper at myself and discover talents that I hadn’t thought of before.

It is a good thing to have dreams, though. Dreams are what drive us to do better, to explore new possibilities. Most inventions are from someone’s dream. Dreams also give us the hope that we need to get through trying times.

One of my dreams that I would like to accomplish this year is to start selling scrubbies. I know that it will be a slow start and I am still trying to figure some of the particulars out, but I think it would be good. This is something that I can do from home to help support our family. I’m hoping that I can get it worked out and get a good networking base.  I think that with some word of mouth advertising from my family members, others will see how great the product is and purchase them. Christmas is coming up as well and that should help to encourage the purchasing of something nice and inexpensive for friends and family members. It could work.

Scrubbies anyone?????

Be the Hero
"No one ever really wants change. We fear change. We want safety and stability and comfort. That’s why big leaps help focus our attention outside, toward the horizon, away from our own daily fears and petty insecurities and sloth. The challenge of a worthy foe or the promise of a big dream moves heroes to action.
But here’s a dose of reality, and you’ll especially need it if you’ve been coddled up until now. The life of an entrepreneurial hero is not for the faint of heart or lazy. Just as heroes of old faced dragons and giants, you too will have difficult challenges. Four of the hardest challenges will be personal, because you’ll have to
• Accept that life is hard and seldom fair
• Know that you must persevere to develop the habits and character that will determine your destiny
• Understand that choosing doesn’t mean you are in control, and that real entrepreneurs learn to fail quickly, cheaply, and often
• Find the right fellow travelers, because you will tend to become like those who surround you
 -Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero, Jeff Sandefer

    Life sure isn't easy or fair, but that doesn't mean that we can't be successful. I really appreciate his analogy of the heroes. The heroes take action. They don't just sit there and watch as life passes them by and neither should we. We should be the hero of our own story; the person who doesn't let fear hold them back. Heroes don't give up just because they are tired or someone told them it would be hard. They rise to the challenge. This article make me want to rise to the challenges that I am facing; school, children, money, the unknown future. I want to be that hero. There doesn't need to be awards or anything like, but to have the knowledge that I gave my best and faced the challenges that came my way. While I'm not so delusional as to think success will come every time,  I do think that failing in some things is just as important as the successes. Failures help you learn what not to do and what doesn't work. It can also help find hidden strengths and weaknesses.