No Sugar-Coating

Yesterday was our first official class with Professor Feinberg teaching. It was a relief to see him actually in class. He is quite the professor might I add. He does not sugar coat a single thing. On the first powerpoint slide he presented, it said basically that no one gives a shit about you. My first reaction to this was, "WOW!" I have never had a professor come out and just bluntly say that to us. It was actually kind of a relief because he is putting us into the real world instead of our current fantasy college world where we believe life is so great and people will always be there to hold our hands, like many professors do. Professor Feinberg really emphasized the point of being able to lead our lives so we are happy with our accomplishments in life and basically to have no regrets.
Professor Feinberg also told us that we would be the worst leader he could possibly be until we make him into a good leader. I thought he was doing a pretty good job leading the class yesterday. The point of him doing this is to demonstrate the types of leaders we may encounter after we graduate and are working.
After class yesterday, I actually thought about what he had said in class about living life, leaving a legacy, what we are going to do with our "remaining seconds", and how we can make a difference. I haven't come up with a lot of answers to those thoughts but I have come to some conclusions. As far as leaving a legacy, I do know that I do not really care if I am known to a lot of people. I just want the people who do know me to remember me as a fun, caring, kind, giving, energetic, laid back person. I believe that these things are good to be remembered by. I want my family, friends, co-workers, and clients to be like, "Yeah, I remember when she did this/that for me" or "I remember the time when I did this that would have drove anyone else crazy but she just went with the flow." I want to leave impressions on these peoples lives that will want to make them do things to better themselves and to get the most out of their life. I know for a fact that I have not achieved all of those characteristics but I am going to try my hardest to achieve them.
Another thought I drew some conclusions on after class was about living life. I know that I want to live a successful life and to try to be the best person possible but what about now? I know what I want in the future to be happy but I really don't know what I want now to be happy. So last night I decided to take charge of the present and do things that would make me presently happy and to not worry about the future. The first thing I did was to go out with some of my friends to the bars and had some fun. I decided that at times will stress myself out too much with school and other issues that I forget to "let my hair down" and have some fun and to be a college kid. So, I did that. And let me tell you, it feels good to worry about the present because I know that I am on the right track to being the person I want to be in the future with the decisions I am making in the present. I have taken control of my present and I do not think I'm going to give up that control anytime soon.
I know that the rest of the conclusions to Professor Feinberg's comments will come to me eventually. However, until they do I'm going to keep head up and my eyes open for the little things that are going to come my way and change my life!