We’ve been talking continually about how you can accomplish anything if you work hard enough. That no matter what the dream is, you can make it happen regardless of what others think. Due to what has happened this year with my business, my entrepreneurial dreams are a little fuzzy right now but I can definitely apply all of this to the other aspects of my life. We also talked about how we need other entrepreneurs and support systems in our lives to achieve our goals. I’m a pretty open person but I tend to tell people all but one or two big things that I am dealing with. Mom included. Colleen included. It’s hard to know if they will be willing to support me or to even understand my perspective on it. It’s like the eating disorder thing with Colleen. She means well, but every time we talk about it, I go away from it feeling like she doesn’t think as highly of me as I thought she did. I will try to be a little more open with things that I encounter on my journey so that others will share my success and joy when I accomplish my goals.
Last week on Thursday we did the sell anything challenge, which was something I was not looking forward to. We had to make $100 in a day, and the places that would have made it easy like on campus were off limits. We ended up selling at a local grocery store for 3 hours each. It was 35 degrees outside and a miserable winter day (It was November 1st, but that's about accurate for Rexburg to be so freezing in fall). We split into teams of two and did a fundraiser for a woman named Razia in Pakistan who needed help feeding her buffalo so that it will produce milk to feed her family. Since we had to provide a product as well, we sold pencils. But really, it was a fundraiser because that is what made people support us. Nathan and I raised $46 during our shift and Emma and Halla raised $69. I was nervous about making the required amount because we'd be outside in the cold on a random Thursday and uh... selling pencils for a Pakistanian buffalo. And Rexburg isn't the most philanth...
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