As I was reading through Entrepreneurial Journalism by Mark Briggs I wasn't quite sure how to feel. On the one hand, seeing how these everyday people have become so successful on their own is very inspiring. On the other hand though, the chances of achieving their levels of success is rare and comes only with a lot of hard work, which is rather depressing. It's not that hard work scares me, because it doesn't. What scares me is putting in all of that hard work and still not getting anywhere due to the competitiveness of this field and the lack of financial stability that it provides. This is the field I love though and I have no intentions of backing away from it. I might as well continue reading the book and learn what I can for my best chance of survival.
A lot of the people featured in Briggs's book started out as average people just trying to fill a void they saw in the news world. They had to dedicate their lives to their blogs and start-ups in order to be as successful as they are today. I think a big reason that this sounds so scary and intimidating to me is because I'm a student. I don't have sixteen hours a day to dedicate to something that won't provide me with money or a degree. This is the depressing side of entrepreneurism.
Being a student is also where the inspiration comes in though. I still have two semesters left to learn all that I can so that when I graduate in May, I'll be as prepared as I can be. It's no longer like I'm taking classes just to get a good grade and move on to the next thing. I'm taking classes that will give me skills that I will actually use to apply to my future and the career that I'll have. I have all of these resources available to me (this class included) so that I can come up with awesome ideas and become more prepared for when I'm out there trying to create something. I think that's pretty inspiring.
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