Asking Powerful Questions and Taking Risks

Since I was a little girl, I have always been extremely inquisitive. I remember sympathizing with Curious George and Anne Shirley (from Anne of Green Gables) because they were always getting into trouble because they "wanted to know" and asked "loads of questions." Since I've had and loved my curious nature for what seems like forever, I was really looking forward to this week.




Three questions...
For the Future:
1. Where will I be in the future, what will I be doing, and why?
Assumption: I will be in a different place in the future, and I will be doing something important with an important reason.
2. What will change about the future and how will it impact the world?
Assumption: The world and the way it works will significantly change in the near future.
3. Will the skills and hobbies that I currently have aid me in what I pursue in the future?
Assumption: The skills and hobbies I have are useful, and will help me through something important.

For my APOU:
1. Will I find a career field that complements my strengths and interests?
Assumption: There is a career field suited to my strengths and interests.
2. Will I be able to apply what I have learned at university from my courses and professors and transfer the lessons I learn to my career and the rest of my life?
Assumption: I will learn valuable, memorable lessons, and that they will help me when I get a job.
3. How much of a lasting impact will my professors and courses have on my future life and me?
Assumption: My professors will have an impact on me.

For my loved ones:
1. What events in your life have changed you the most, for better or for worse?
Assumption: They have allowed themselves to be effected by the events in their lives.
2. What would be your ultimate dream, if all things were possible?
Assumption: They have improbable aspirations, or dreams unbound by the boundaries of reality.
3. Who has had the largest impact on your life, and how did they change you?
Assumption: People have shaped their character and personality.

The Curiosity Challenge:
It was ridiculously hard for me to find a risk to do this week. I was trying to think of ideas, and I couldn't think of any-which hardly ever happens, and is kind of an improbable accomplishment of sorts.
Finally, I thought back to what I have done when I was little. My mother, who is incredibly artistic, always gave us crafts when my brother and I were little. When we lived in France, I was very small, and had the incredible of blessing, and was surrounded by art museums full of the accomplishments of world class artists. My mum, my little brother and I would bring our sketchbooks and attempt to draw statues and paintings. When we moved away, and would come back and visit, we would draw the same statue. Flipping through the sketchbooks, we would see our progress. My favorite artists are Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh, My favorite painting is the Starry Night, and the last time I had attempted to paint it was in the third grade, and it wasn't spectacular. So I decided, I would attempt to paint it again. I didn't think it would turn out well, but I though I accomplished the assignment with a satisfactory product that I was proud of.




As always,
Thanks for reading!
Rachel Khan