Meaning, Childhood, and Bucketlist

This past week we were able to expand our minds a little more and think of what really matters. I was taken back to my childhood; to think of how I viewed “the future” in which I am that much closer to now that I’m in college.

One of the videos we watched was a speech given by Randy Paush, which happened to be known as his last speech. In his speech he said that doctors had told him that he was expected to live only a few more months because of his illness. He ended up dying a few months later, but people don’t remember him by his death, rather they remember him by his life and what he lived for. He, in my mind, lived a life of significance. He started off by listing off his childhood dreams. The rest of his speech was how he accomplished those childhood dreams in one way or another.

I learned so much about how to face challenges and adversity. I was reminded of how valuable time is here on earth. It made sense to me why this video of Randy’s last speech would be shown in the intro to entrepreneurship class. As we go out and attempt to create, build and manage our own companies, we need to always remember that we have the capacity and ability to accomplish anything. When we are children we have huge dreams that to adults may seem impossible and stupid. Randy reminded me that my childhood dreams have meaning behind them and they are worth something to me and to those who I can possible affect. The question is, am I willing to have courage and accomplish my dreams?

We then were assigned to create a bucket list of 50 things we want to accomplish before we die. I was surprised at how quickly I thought of my 50 things. This was a great exercise. I realized I had subconscious desires to do some amazing things. Some of the things I want to accomplish are the following: interview all 12 Apostles, camp by myself for a week without any human contact, save a child from a burning building, be a motivational speaker, tip a waiter/waitress $500, and teach students everything I know learned during my lifetime.  

This exercise enabled me to see what some of my passions are and what I really want to become when I am an entrepreneur.