To Be A Student Of My Life's Work....That Is My Goal

        

The definition of work is:
(noun) Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.

In life we all make it here with a predetermined agenda for our lives.  Some of us may be destined for a career in the medical field while others of us were created to teach.  Whatever your endeavor it should be your goal to be a student of your work.  To learn all that your craft has to offer must be your focus.  Studying how it came to be, who pioneered the way, and even innovations for the years to come are significant to your success.  This is not only true for career choices but for life choices as well.  If your day is mostly spent volunteering with the elderly or even staying home with your children there is so much you can learn to make yourself a better servant of that which you are called to.

                                         

As a homeschooling mom I find that I have to constantly remind myself to research more on the new things and even study history to refresh the old concepts that concern my everyday of being.  It's crucial for my children that I watch their changes and behaviors to stay up with their learning styles as time goes on.  I have to take a few minutes now and then to delve into new makeup and fashion trends and products as well for my makeup business.  As SAHWMs (Stay-At-Home-Wives & Moms) we can get so focused on staying on schedule and remaining in routine that we forget that we can refresh ourselves by freshening our approach.  It's fun for me to do new and different study skills with my oldest son, age 10 (almost 11).  I have him to draw pictures and write silly songs or riddles that coincide with the terms, ideas and subjects of the lesson.  It makes it fun for me and he not onely loves doing it but he retains it almost immediately.

        

Whatever you do make it fun, make it interesting, do it decently and in order and make sure it's what you love.  Work that's not rooted in love is not work…it's torture.

I hope that these little "snaps shots" of the lessons that I learn along my journey can help enrich your life the way it has mine….Until we read again.
~Alana