{"id":13108,"date":"2015-08-17T19:28:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sarahrobb\/?p=70"},"modified":"2015-08-17T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:28:32","slug":"personal-reflections-and-lessons-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/personal-reflections-and-lessons-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Reflections and Lessons Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a year of growth for each of us. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s over. I used this year as an opportunity to make new friends, find what drives me, what inspires me, and what allows me to serve others. I have done all of those things and more.<\/p>\n<p>As I reflect on this past year, I think of the friendships I\u2019ve made and the lessons I\u2019ve learned. I can\u2019t possibly share them all, but I can share a few lessons I\u2019ve learned during my Challenge year. I\u2019ve learned that some stories are made even better by sharing, I hope you make note of some of my personal lessons I\u2019ve learned throughout my fellowship year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be your own cheerleader, if you can\u2019t advocate for yourself no one else will either<\/li>\n<li>Diversify for friendships, it\u2019s so important to expand your social network because you never know when you need them.<\/li>\n<li>Learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. This will allow you to grow and be resilient with whatever challenges you face.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes letting go of people and opportunities is the best way to learn a lesson. Be selective with your friendships and working relationships. If they don\u2019t see your value, you may not recognize your own value.<\/li>\n<li>Invest in yourself, do you and don\u2019t apologize for it. Looking back on your accomplishments and triumphs is a REALLY cool thing. And don\u2019t regret your choices. Remember, a decision you made was what you once wanted. Everything is a learning opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s okay to close a chapter of your life. This will open up new opportunities in ways you can\u2019t ever predict. Remember lesson #3.<\/li>\n<li>Do something different and don\u2019t be afraid to ask questions. BUT don\u2019t let the unknown answers prevent you from being adventurous. BE ADVENTUROUS!<\/li>\n<li>Life is what you make it. Don\u2019t blame your decisions on others. Be accountable for yourself and your choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have reached another decade and chapter in my life. I am happy to say I\u2019m staying in Southeastern Michigan. After all, the intention of this program was to recruit and retain. I\u2019m happy to stay, grow, and learn more about this dynamic community. I love it here. I love my community here. And the friendships I\u2019ve built along the way are irreplaceable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a year of growth for each of us. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s over. I used this year as an opportunity to make new friends, find what drives me, what inspires me, and what allows me to serve others. I have done all of those things and more. As I reflect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}