Tenacity

Despite missing my first cupcake, I did not fail in getting back to task with the course. I did however, miss another, and another, but no more! While this is a rather humorous display of tenaciousness, I have gone through with developing a crowdfunding plan for the opportunity I have been working on. One thing this course has required me to start is using a calendar for notifications. Typically I am able to just use canvas, but due to my shortcomings in the start of this course, as well as the switch to a studio apartment, I have started working on changing my time management habits. Despite the difficulty of adopting new habits, I have been consistent in not letting my failures become habits.

My mother got very sick a few weeks back and I had to go home to see how things were going. Despite the chaos of responsibilities, I did not try and find a way to withdraw from the course, or shift my responsibilities. It was a little hard headed of me, actually, because there is also a mental health component, but despite feeling like giving up, I persevered and now I’m back on my feet without having missed a stride.

MY first piece of advice for developing tenacity would be to remember that scale is everything, the bigger the dream, the bigger the workload, the bigger the payoff. The next piece of advice is to understand the pacing is key. With these two facts, you can overcome anything. To ensure that you develop the skills necessary to enact these mindsets, you must learn to plan things out and reinforce positivity. Make a habit of being positive, do yoga, and meanwhile envision your success. Make every pause and blinking moment a chance to think about problems before they happen.

Above is a picture of a shark. This creature will track prey for hundreds of miles in pursuit of a meal. This meal is not a want, but a need, and the shark addresses this need as such. This is what tenacity is, treating wants as needs.