1) Something that I have failed this semester was sticking to a regular exercise schedule. I have gained many things this semester while taking this entrepreneurship class, including weight. After spending a spring break with my family in south Florida, I decided I was tried of my mom telling me to stay active. To combat this, I started running and even signed up for my girlfriend's sorority's charity 5K. The week leading up to the 5K, I was training daily. After the 5K, I stopped running and back on track to the 200 lb club.
2) I never felt so dedicated towards exercising this year until I forced myself to train for the event. I think that instead of setting a general goal of "being active and healthy", I think signing up for more events, adding more activities to my calendar will force me to prepare and continuously stay active!
3) Failure is inherently essential to growing as a person. Every successful person has had to go through failure to be where they are today. The experiences and lessons you learn from failure are sometimes more valuable than what is taught in the classroom and any advice. Failure is tough, but what separates you from the rest is how to respond to it. Will you be downtrodden by failure or will you pick yourself up and learn from it? This class challenges you to get out of your comfort zone and embrace failure. Failure isn't always negative!
Hi Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad to hear that you were able to participate in a 5K and persevere! I can sympathize with you in that I find it hard to fit in time to exercise, especially during the school year. I also agree with the statement that this class forces you to step out of your comfort zone. While I consider myself to be a great communicator, I often prefer to not approach strangers in public. Many of the assignment for this class required that I do this, which helped overcome my discomfort in reaching out to others even if I didn't do so in the most graceful manner.
Keep it up!
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Hey Kevin, I really enjoyed reading your post. You're definitely not alone in those who get off track when it comes to exercise, I'm guilty of it too. I think it's awesome that you committed to the 5K and trained accordingly. I bet completing it gave you a great sense of accomplishment. I agree with your perspective on failure. In my post I wrote something very similar. If you want to check it out, here's the link: http://hmilam95.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
ReplyDeleteHey Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post. In high school my volleyball coach hosted many 5Ks that I had to attend. They are grueling and committing to one is an honorable feat. I like to look at this also is I am sure while you "failed" exercise, there has got to be something you used the time to "succeed" at. Thank you read mine here http://donovanvuf.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html