You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. ~ Tom Brokaw

Three Questions, December 10, 2024

You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions each day for the next year and putting this experience into a book. Here we go!

What was the most beautiful thing I encountered today?

Today was two of our graduations and the most beautiful thing I encountered today were those graduations and a mom who was sporting a newly made t-shirt. The t-shirt said, I am the proud mom of a freakin awesome barber.

What did I learn today?

Not so much learning but being reminded of the weakness of being a high level introvert. When you have no choice but to people for hours at a time, it tears you to pieces mentally. This whole week will be a full week of this, 7 hours of evaluation meetings tomorrow.

What made me happy today?

What made me happy today was students. The students in our Cosmetology and Barbering Programs graduating. Watching them walk the stage full of pride and excitement. Then secondly students in our Event Management class. There final presentation was on setting up for a wedding. I popped in after they were final and had their final night dinner presentation. I had the opportunity to sit and tell stories with the students, a couple who were international students from Peru and El Salvador. We exchanged travel and art stories and had a really wonderful conversation. And even though it was a horribly long day for an introvert, I had to people for like seven straight hours, this particular small group interaction was a really wonderful way to end the day.