Kathryn's School Blog

       This week's reading was about celebrating your life. I think sometimes I'm like a lot of people and I don't take a step back to look at my whole life. I get focused on what I want to achieve now or in the future but I don't realize all of the good that is going on around me or the opportunities I have to make a difference in my community. I believe that is mostly because again, like most people, I am too hard on myself. I don't celebrate the wins. I don't give myself enough credit and sometimes, I am prideful. I don't always give credit to others or to God.      If I had to give a lecture to a group of students or to my peers, I think I would speak about how I realized that no one's intrinsic value will ever be reflected or calculated off of a revenue stream, or a social media following, or any success within a business. So many feel called to do something great and to make a difference in the world or to make your own way financially but you also

     This week's discussion was on Gratitude. A few synonyms or connecting words that go with along with gratitude and stuck out to me during my research included humility, flexibility, and appreciation. There was a great video called, "Avoid the Wrong Job" and it really talked about the importance of finding a job. A lot of myths regarding working your way up the ladder were discussed and it made me realize that sometimes we try to control the entire process rather than being flexible and enjoying the journey that we are on. We don't want to live. We want to simply plan living and never actually starting enjoying the process. It is easy to spiral that way and get stuck when something doesn't go the way our plan said it should.      In the talk by President Monson, titled "An Attitude of Gratitude," I loved that we don't need to seek constant positivity but by continuing to try and find hope, we will be happier and able to serve others which is ultim

      As I listened to the article, "What's a Business for?" by Charles Handy. He discussed capitalism, our economy, and the importance for virtue and integrity. He even shared that integrity directly affects the economy. The real justification for the existence of businesses was "something" and investors don't care. He talked about "the American disease" because business was "the key engine of progress" but things have changed and some things were neglected. It has become very self-consumed according to Handy. Everything from education, healthcare, and food, and housing is involved. Everyone is playing a game with rules that are fed by fraud and only profitability. It's not necessarily better for everyone. Buying businesses or stock market focus is now a huge way to steal back from share holders. This was an eye-opening article for me. It was bold and straight forward. He suggested that perhaps we can learn something from Europe. The

       I think there is an important balance to money and knowing how it works but not letting it define you or matter too much. There are people that are destroyed by the need to have money. They overspend. They live in unnecessary debt. Money defines them and having things matters so much. I also see, however, the other side. People who don't have tons but they are also so thrift and are not generous. They hoard their money. They count the pennies and dimes to the point that it too defines them and money is everything. Money, even just saving it so much so you can say you have it is a definition that is unhealthy as well.       I read the article, "Attitude on Money" from my reading and it talked a lot about how we see things and how we think about money.  I like the topic about money that was brought up. It is an important part that even the church doesn't ignore. We are asked to pay with money a tithing. We are asked to support missionaries with moneys, and we use