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    Running head: SYNTHESIS PAPER 1

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    Brianna Frederick

    LDRS 303: Career and Life Planning

    Professor Chaili Trentham

    December 3, 2019
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    These last four months involved an incredible journey of learning about career and life

    callings throughout this leadership class. Between ​The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness​ by

    Timothy Keller, ​The Liturgy of the Ordinary​ by T.H. Warren, and ​Designing Your Life​ b​ y

    Burnette and Evans, all of these books contributed differently to my learning throughout this

    course. In addition to these texts, our guest speakers were incredible.

    Starting with the ​Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness​ by Timothy Keller, I learned a lot about

    the self-esteem issue, which is more properly addressed as an ego issue in the book. It’s a major

    red flag in everyday life. I really enjoyed the metaphor of our ego being like a bellows, where it’s

    full of air, inflated, and painful (Keller, 2012). I learned that we are too focused on ourselves, we

    compare ourselves too often, and we are constantly trying to be the “best” to only receive

    temporary satisfaction.

    In ​The Liturgy of the Ordinary, ​Warren took into account throughout her book that Jesus

    had the ordinary days as well. “The one who is worthy of worship, glory, and fanfare spent

    decades in obscurity and ordinariness. As if the incarnation itself is not mind-bending enough,

    the incarnate God spent his days quietly, a man who went to work, got sleepy, and lived a

    pedestrian life among average people” (Warren, 2016, p.16). It’s literally the simple tasks that

    are often forgotten that Jesus participated in too.

    Last but not least, in ​Designing Your Life​, it was an impeccable journey of self-discovery

    through the different exercises in the text. From the beginning of designing your dashboard and

    gages of how you’re doing in the different areas of your life, it really put into perspective the

    questions I was always asking my friends in intentional conversations: how are you doing
    SYNTHESIS PAPER 3

    spiritually, academically, physically, and mentally? The daily logs helped me learn that my

    environment is the number one factor to my engagement and energy, especially when it comes to

    academics in the classroom and at my apartment. The prototyping and all the following sections

    were equally as useful in learning more about planning my life.

    The guest speakers that came into class were absolutely incredible. Having been one of

    Judson’s residents my sophomore year in Bowles and getting to know him on a personal level, it

    was amazing to hear him speak about business and purpose in the context of life. He also

    previously introduced me to these ideas as his resident by always asking “what’s your why?” and

    asking about our purpose. Our guest speaker on goal setting helped open my eyes to categorizing

    specific goals, specifically prioritizing and creating these goals. Mr. Trentham was also able to

    answer my random business questions for starting up and building off of a pre-existing

    establishment, and gave me more hope for the future, especially in the department of buying a

    house.

    My next steps after acquiring this knowledge is to implement it into my everyday life. It

    seems as though this entire class was an introduction to life coaching and figuring out your

    purpose, and I’ve loved every second of it. The books have presented all the ideas mentioned

    above, and it gives me more of a hope for the future. The possibilities are endless, just because

    you’re in a specific major doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what you’re going to do for the rest of

    your life. For myself, I am a nursing major. I will be a nurse in the hospitals for a few years, but

    I’m also studying leadership. My passion is in leading others and making tough decisions that

    other colleagues aren’t able to. I like running different things, whether it is a group project or

    starting up a new organization, and find my strengths in that. My next steps will be graduation,
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    getting my RN license, moving to a northern state (Montana or Minnesota), and starting my

    career in a fast paced, high stress environment such as the intensive care unit or the emergency

    department in whatever hospital is willing to hire me.

    Our very first assignment was a class introduction with our brand bios. Mine stated “My

    proactive problem solving skills with advanced medical training for NASA keeps the United

    States Space Force operating with medical professionals focused on discovering 'out of this

    world' cures to diseases to make the world and the universe a healthier, happier place.” Looking

    back now, my personal, vocational identity statement can be incorporated into a new brand

    bio/personal and vocational identity statement: My proactive learning achievements throughout

    an undergraduate college degree showcase the motivated drive all organizations seek from their

    employees. I am an accomplished nursing student that has a handle on the bellows of her ego to

    buckle down and get the necessary jobs completed in a timely manner. I am a leader who will

    accomplish more than anyone can believe, and my burning flame for education/learning will

    burn until my very last breath. I will be a nurse educator and leader of others, and strongly feel

    that this is my calling and career trajectory.


    SYNTHESIS PAPER 5

    References

    Burnett, B. & Evans, D. (2016) Designing your life: How to build a well-lived, joyful life. New

    York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN: 978-1101875322.

    Keller, T. (2012). The freedom of self-forgetfulness. England: 10Publishing. ISBN:

    978-1906173418.

    Warren, T.H. (2016). Liturgy of the ordinary: Sacred practices in everyday life. Downers Grove,

    IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830846238.

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