So last year I made a lofty goal of blogging my first year of teaching. I thought that I would get one entry out a month (at least) and have a nice chronical of my adventures. Well...it didn't happen. I can give you every reason under the sun: "I'll do it tomorrow." "I'm so tired." "All day long I've written or talked, I want to be quiet for a little." "I'm so tired." "Does anyone really care about this?" "Seriously, I'm really tired..." The list goes on and on. I did a lot of things last year that I wish I would have put down on paper and got so far behind I gave up (something that's a bit out of character for me).
I was tired, worn down, and burnt out on being an over-achiever. I just wanted to teach and not worry about anything else for once! At this point I decided to just throw in the towel and not look back. If I'm not doing it for me, for my happiness, or for some reason that I think might better myself, then why do it?
But I've had a nagging feeling to start getting my thoughts down again. I've been looking at a lot of articles and websites that would be cool to share and there's something cathardic about sitting and putting all your thoughts down on paper. There's also something exhilerating about the thought of someone else reading something you have written and enjoying it.
So, here I go again, but with a little more insight into what my year is going to be like and with a little less critism on myself.
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