So here we are, my friends. What will this new year bring to you? A chance to travel more? A new job or career, or a new direction? Will you be brave or meek?
Each day is a chance to ingivorate yourself and your goals so what is stopping you? What influences do you have that are hindering you?
I will be honest with you, I feel a bit overwhelmed. It’s nothing new. I am always trying to do one thing or another and sometimes it seems like the smallest thing is so difficult to accomplish. I am very good at organizing my time and I think these skills have drastically improved now that I am in a classroom all day. Things have to run on time or other bad things happen. So I have gotten good at not only keeping myself on time, but a whole group of people as well. That is a feat I am proud of.
Still, I am overwhelmed. I feel that I have so much to do. I have trying to keep myself relevant by reading the news, reading blogs, writing my own blog posts, and hopefully joining a few member organizations. I also keep up with all the paperwork of work, lesson plans, daily notes to each family, NAEYC portfolio, QRS standards, children’s portfolios, children’s journals, bi-weekly newsletters, and finding time to interface with not only my team of teachers but other rooms in the center and organizations.
In addition to all of this, I want to increase my own skills with sewing, keep up with my reading history texts, and keeping up with he cleaning and laundry.
On top of all of this I am attempting to work out The Future. I have a battle plan that will work and I am excited about. It doesn’t involve immediate schooling which is nice on cost and time. I will just have to find my way without the comforting structure of school. I can, and I will. I have already taken the first step, we will see how it goes.
This isn’t meant to complain but merely to enumerate it all to myself. Honestly, I want to see all I do written out. Some of these things I manage to do nearly effortlessly, others take great thought and planning.
My life is filled with challenges and choices. I am excited each day to go and set about changing the world but I have things to do for myself too. I need to foster a new group of friends and professional cohorts, and honestly, and it’s hard. I’m good friends and co-workers with the teachers on my team. We work together really well, and have fun doing it. I have a few other friends outside of work, but I need more. I want to be active again. I know I get tired, I know I get whiny, I know I need to just deal and get over it so I can have new experiences again. That’s what I’m craving, I think. That’s what I need, but to do that takes a willingness to be tired and keep going. I don’t know if I can handle that.
I will try though. I have a plan, I will keep going. Hooray me!
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