Starting my career! (LRC320)

Kind of, anyway.

This past couple of weeks I have been asked to do TWO workshops.

Those of you that know me know that my one true career dream is to be a motivational speaker. I tell everyone this even knowing that the likelihood of it happening is pretty slim.

However, I am THRILLED to be able to do at least a little part of what I want to do in the future.

One of the workshops I will be doing is a motivational workshop for the SALT Center (where I am a receptionist). One of the learning specialists there knows of my career aspirations and, when planning the workshop, thought of me. I can't wait to be able to talk to students and hopefully motivate them to see and fulfill their potential! I'm so excited and I've already started working on what I want to talk about.

The other workshop I will be doing is for the LDS Single Adult Conference. I will be teaching  a workshop (possibly 3 times) to single adults about how to support their adolescents through their divorce. I am excited to share a little bit of my experience (being an adolescent when my parents divorced) and hopefully help parents connect with their children.

I seriously can't wait. I'm incredibly intimidated by the thought that I will have to somehow fill up 45 minutes talking about what teens want from their parents. It'll be great experience and definitely something I can learn from.

What did you want from your parents when you were an adolescent? How did they support you?
Also, what motivates you to do your best?

In other news, I decided to experiment with my old cookie recipe (my family calls them "Chanda's Cookies" because I always used to make them) and I would like to say that it was a lovely success. I wanted to increase the amount of oatmeal in them, and I did! So that is exciting. Also, the ones I made just now are half chocolate and half butterscotch chips...sogood.

What are your favorite cookies?

Chanda C.