This semester I'm taking a public speaking class. It is probably the most awesome class I have ever taken. All of my other classes I feel are useful, but only in specific instances. This public speaking class is teaching me how to be a better communicator to the world around me, and I feel like I can use what I'm learning in my everyday life, not just certain times here and there. I love it.
This week our assignment was to write our own eulogy. At first I was confused and thought it would be so stupid to try and write about my own life like I had just died. It ended up being an awesome experience. I learned so much about myself. It was supposed to be designed to end up being completely made up because it's all things that have happened later in my life, which haven't happened yet. I thought it would easy, but it ended up being really hard to decide what dreams I had that I wanted to come true. After I had written it, I decided the things I wrote about dealing with my pretend life, actually turned out to be things I really want to accomplish. These things are actually things I would love to happen. I wrote about becoming an Orthodontist, having a charity program, traveling the world, have a family, owning a business with my brother, being in a band, loving deep-sea fishing, having my pilot's license, and serving in many ways for the church. I would love all these things to happen! It was such an eye opening experience. I also learned so much from listening to other people's eulogies, and I found myself examining my life and whether my priorities were where they needed to be. I would recommend this activity to anyone. Do it! Changed my life.
