Journal 7

 

Judson Brandenburg

English 1109 at 1:30, Mon.-Wed.

October 26, 2020

Journal 7

          My grandfather is one of the hardest workers I know, I have never met someone who has more passion for their work. From a young age his father was never really present in his life, because of this he was forced to become the man of the household. He graduated high school and didn’t have a lot of direction in his life so he went into the military. During these years it was installed into his brain to outwork everyone else and to do the best work possible. He was forced to be put into a schedule which helped him later on in life. After he got out of the military he moved to San Francisco and used the money he got from the military to buy a gas station. It was hard the first couple of years but then he slowly began to open a chain of gas stations and became very successful. I think what most drove my grandfather to being successful was that he knew he had to support his family.

          What stuck out to me most in Callings  was that work should be more than just earning a living, you should enjoy what you do. If your heart is not in what you do then your life will not be as enjoyable. It’s like the saying, choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life        .

          The profile that stuck out to me most was Barbara, she had a positive look on her job and was excited that she could work in the outdoors. This is a good trait to have as a person, always look at the positive things in every situation. It felt personal because she was able to listen in on peoples conversations, she says, “So you get this little tiny snapshot of people’s personal lives they don’t even realize that they’re giving you”(Isay19).

This is my grandfather and my mom in San Francisco. It was his first time ever getting Starbucks.