-: You know, what I enjoy most about what I do
I think is that I get to spend time really thinking about
and helping people think about themselves,
and thinking about who they want to be.
Thinking about, what is it that they're doing on a day
to day basis that really truly aligns with
what they have promised to others
and what they promised to themselves.
To think about how they become the author of their own voice
as opposed to continuing to allow external voices
to kind of define who they are.
And so for me, I've gotten a chance, I do that now
to fraternal story life.
In the past I've done it through working
with housing residents life.
I've also done it with student conduct, so.
I don't tend to think so much about what is
the functional area that I'm serving but more or less
just what it's allowing me to be able to do.
Well you know the biggest challenge I think in working
with students is the fact that they are students.
You could be meeting with Laura today and Laura says,
I get it, you know, I understand what I need to deal
with in my organization, is help my organization be better.
But you could be meeting with Laura six months later
having the same conversation with her
or you could be meeting with a different student
at the same organization a year later having the same issues
because students come and go and there's so much transition
and turnovers so.
The biggest challenge is recognizing that
they are students and that they are not always going
to make the best decision.
Most likely they're going to fall forward generally
what they're to do but recognizing that you cannot assume
that it's because you did something wrong.
You cannot assume that it's because you're not able
to meet their needs and that's the reason why they're
not progressing but that they have to be,
they're going to make their own choices
and that you have to be comfortable with the fact that
you've hopefully equipped them in the right way
and then trust them to kind of go out and do that work
but then be prepared for, it could feel disappointing
at times too if they are not able to do what you know
is best for themselves.