Agile

Last year, I trained for my first half marathon.

While I was studying Come, Follow Me in Dec, I read the story of Jane Elizabeth. She was a Black woman in the early days of the Church. At that time, the priesthood was not given to Black members. Because of her race, she was refused a seat on a wagon traveling from Connecticut to Nauvoo. And because of that, she had to walk more than 500 miles to get there.

Becoming a parent is an extremely stressful life occurrence. Whenever you’re about to go into a new phase of life or achieve something, people always try to tell you how it’s going to be. People warn you about the joys and pains that you might encounter, or how the system is built, so you can utilize it better than they did. Everyone will offer their advice and their experiences of how certain things went for them, but make no mistake, nothing will ever fully prepare you for what you are about to face.

Growing up in Provo, I always drove to school in the mornings. Back in 2017, Cougar Boulevard didn’t have a median barrier separating the two directions of traffic. It was extremely convenient—especially when I wanted to grab lunch from some of my favorite spots like Noodles & Company, Mooyah, or Don Joaquin. I could easily head from class straight to food without much hassle.

Something I’ve been slowly learning at work is that asking questions, the right kind of questions, might be one of the most underrated skills in project management. At first, I thought meetings were just about giving updates, making decisions, checking boxes. But the more time I’ve spent in rooms with people who actually move things forward, the more I’ve noticed they’re the ones who know how to ask the right thing at the right time.

Life is full of pivotal decisions, especially in the first 30 years—where to go to school, who to marry, what career to pursue. Two years ago, I faced one of those decisions: choosing my major. I was torn between Accounting, a safer and more straightforward option, and Information Systems, which was exciting yet intimidating since I knew little about computers.

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