Bryce Blakely's Blog

This year COMM 299 has taught me things about myself in a way that has come more in the form of life lessons about myself as a person rather than undiscovered inner qualities (I’m sure I’m a gold mine). This semester I’ve definitely been having a lot of trouble keeping up with school, housing, money, and securing a job for the summer that’ll get me through next year. I’ll admit I tend to let my focus on academic matters slip and become passive in my studies. As such I managed to be one of the few students that didn’t sign up for an interview (I got a bunch of real ones instead). This was because I hadn’t been keeping up online so I had issues creating a COOL account and due to a disconnect in information I attempted to sign up for remaining spaces online which of course, you had to sign up for in person.

So what’s the lesson here besides pay more attention in class? Well apropos to my previous post I learned that without conscious diligence, I could seriously lose sight of what’s important and what needs to be dealt with at an elevated level of involvement. The in-class portion of COMM 299 highlighted the strengths (in that gold mine) I have that I can use to my advantage to ensure I keep the balance that lets me live the way I do (Whistler every weekend? Yes please).

Recognize.

The greatest lesson I’ve learned has come from my father (Cliché? Standard). I suppose this lesson was not imparted on me in the traditional perspective-changing-conversation-with-dad manner, I had to figure it out for myself.  My whole life I’ve really looked up to my Dad and even more so as I got older and became more savvy to the reality of “real” life.  From a young age he was always for playing sports and joking around but when it came to business, when the situation required focus, he was a very serious man. That was something I always admired, the ability to instantly change your whole state of person when the situation called for it.

It wasn’t until I was able to reflect on the events and life lessons of my high school life and all my time up until high school graduation that I attained the necessary scope of experience to put what I had been (metaphorically) staring at the whole time into perspective. All the lessons I learned as a kid were just the details, the important defining points of a larger, encompassing message. It was all about discipline; that intrinsic ability aforementioned is in fact a result of discipline and not ability at all. It’s an understanding that you can live life your way doing what you like if you understand that when it comes down to important matters you have to put all of your focus and energy into it. Thus sustaining your lifestyle. That’s the greatest lesson I’ve ever learned (Tested and everything).