Saturday, December 28, 2013

J14 Express Bus to Downtown: 5 Days of Courage Inspired by Beyonce

Now let’s start with Beyonce! I am sure every pop blogger in the world is going crazy over her secret release, number one album. I have joined the craze! Last week, I so happened to browse YouTube searching for some Beyonce inspiration, and Drunk in Love popped up 9 hours old. And I was in love. Yesterday, I gave in and purchased the entire album on iTunes. And I encourage EVERYONE to buy it if you can. It’s hot stuff!!!


During my routine daily Beyonce stalking, she released a 3- part video explanation for her album. Part2 (see above) is the inspiration for my 5 days of courage. I am starting now in my effort to strive for growth, love, happiness, and fun. I have been harboring goals since the beginning of October that I planned on carrying into 2014. Instead of drawing out these dreams on my vision board, preparing a detailed project plan, and aiming to achieve my goals before next December, I decided that I would do a final push in the last few days of 2013 and see what happens. I will tell you the results so far.

1.      Courageous Action: I emailed my Human Resources, current supervisor, and career mentor for approval to take a leave of absence to do volunteer work abroad.
Result to Date: I got approved by 2 of 3 people.

2.     Courageous Action: I baked macaroni and cheese from scratch.
Result to Date: I am no gourmet chef.

3.     Courageous Action: I emailed Arianna Huffington a blog to possibly feature on the Huffington Post.
Result to Date: I got a response email from Arianna! This in itself was pretty awesome. No update on the post just yet.

4.     Courageous Action: I sang Beyonce at the top of my lungs with my best friends while someone took a video that could possibly end up on various social networking sites out there for millions to see.
Result to Date: I had fun and if I post a pic, it’s not embarrassing right? 


So, Beyonce, says that sometimes you lose. This very well might happen, but the year is almost over and I am more proud of my courage to try than whether or not I succeed. 

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