I'm sitting here watching the Rose Parade and licking my wounds from Michigan State's devastating loss to Alabama (I bleed green!), I'm been doing some thinking. It's a new year. Time for get healthy, lose weight, and make other resolutions that we may or may not keep. I'll admit. I'm one of those people who makes these resolutions, at least until now. I have always found it odd that we tend to wait for the new year before making any changes when in reality, it is just another day. Why not strive to be your best everyday? And if you "fall off", in the famous words of one of my favorite literary heroines, "Tomorrow is another day."
As many of you know, I am a high school English teacher. One of the things I love the most about teaching, is the chance to begin again several times a year. Each year, each semester, and even each class is a chance to make my teaching the best. That Romeo and Juliet lesson didn't go so well 1st hour. That's okay, I can just fix it for 2nd hour! What if I don't like how my classroom is running? I can just change it. Why wait for a new year to change what needs to be changed in order to make us happier and healthier? I think this is a philosophy that we should keep with us all year long.
Life is short. Don't wait to make a change for the better. Do it now, whether it is January 1, March 1, or July 29th! Don't wait to be who you want to be.
So here's my resolution. . . not make a resolution. I am going to make changes when changes need to happen and I encourage you to do the same thing.
Happy New Year!
As many of you know, I am a high school English teacher. One of the things I love the most about teaching, is the chance to begin again several times a year. Each year, each semester, and even each class is a chance to make my teaching the best. That Romeo and Juliet lesson didn't go so well 1st hour. That's okay, I can just fix it for 2nd hour! What if I don't like how my classroom is running? I can just change it. Why wait for a new year to change what needs to be changed in order to make us happier and healthier? I think this is a philosophy that we should keep with us all year long.
Life is short. Don't wait to make a change for the better. Do it now, whether it is January 1, March 1, or July 29th! Don't wait to be who you want to be.
So here's my resolution. . . not make a resolution. I am going to make changes when changes need to happen and I encourage you to do the same thing.
Happy New Year!