Ready to go back to school after three days of intense soccer; when the thought I had hoped would disappear returned.
The day's previous to my trip were full of anxiety because a unit that had gone so well for the past two months started to lose its essence and appeal. I was beginning to feel unmotivated to work, there was tension between group members, but most importantly I stopped "Getting Over Myself."
When we had to sell, the sales went fantastic and with significant revenues, however, it was the days prior and after the sales that were starting to make me feel that we should not continue next semester with our business.
What used to seem like an uphill task, which required several days of work both before and after each sale (getting the finances in order, making marketing campaigns, etc) now seemed like child's play, thanks to the systems we had created and the experiences we have had which have allowed us to become better at each task. Now doing all this work took me just a couple of hours and for the rest of the time I found myself either between Green Day concerts (most of the time) and a little bit of research about the finance lessons for my groups.
I find myself standing in the same place Tae Sam was when the project just begun. I see it as just another school project and not as I did before. As my baby. I have become complacent with my work and most of the time find myself questioning what we are doing instead of embracing it. I am not sure if I want to continue following this path for the next six months.
Nevertheless, by no means do I want to prevent others who are loving their "babies" to stop doing it just because of how I feel. If some people like it and honestly believe we should continue then so be it. I will work my ass off and without complaining, just as I have always done to make sure everything is a success as it is today. However, I believe that for next semester it would be much more beneficial for us as a class to start a new project entirely unrelated to what we have done.
Obviously it will be hard leaving what we have built from the ground up behind; it will be painful to see all the work we put so much time into it just sent to the abyss. However, doing it will prevent us from getting complacent as we are today and keep "Getting Over Ourselves." Because although the unit is named that way it does not mean that we only apply it to the group, but to our everyday lives.
The real essence is to learn how to overcome tasks that come your way and be better each day than the day before, not become complacent with who you are.
The day's previous to my trip were full of anxiety because a unit that had gone so well for the past two months started to lose its essence and appeal. I was beginning to feel unmotivated to work, there was tension between group members, but most importantly I stopped "Getting Over Myself."
When we had to sell, the sales went fantastic and with significant revenues, however, it was the days prior and after the sales that were starting to make me feel that we should not continue next semester with our business.
What used to seem like an uphill task, which required several days of work both before and after each sale (getting the finances in order, making marketing campaigns, etc) now seemed like child's play, thanks to the systems we had created and the experiences we have had which have allowed us to become better at each task. Now doing all this work took me just a couple of hours and for the rest of the time I found myself either between Green Day concerts (most of the time) and a little bit of research about the finance lessons for my groups.
I find myself standing in the same place Tae Sam was when the project just begun. I see it as just another school project and not as I did before. As my baby. I have become complacent with my work and most of the time find myself questioning what we are doing instead of embracing it. I am not sure if I want to continue following this path for the next six months.
Nevertheless, by no means do I want to prevent others who are loving their "babies" to stop doing it just because of how I feel. If some people like it and honestly believe we should continue then so be it. I will work my ass off and without complaining, just as I have always done to make sure everything is a success as it is today. However, I believe that for next semester it would be much more beneficial for us as a class to start a new project entirely unrelated to what we have done.
Obviously it will be hard leaving what we have built from the ground up behind; it will be painful to see all the work we put so much time into it just sent to the abyss. However, doing it will prevent us from getting complacent as we are today and keep "Getting Over Ourselves." Because although the unit is named that way it does not mean that we only apply it to the group, but to our everyday lives.
The real essence is to learn how to overcome tasks that come your way and be better each day than the day before, not become complacent with who you are.