On Thursday (New England weather permitting) I am planning
on giving my students (both high school and elementary!) a fantastic resolution
sheet I found via We Are Teachers. I
told a co worker that I thought it was important for the kids to reflect on their
year and to make goals…and then I thought shouldn’t the same idea work for
adults? So here goes…I’ll of course
spare the five people who read this and skip my favorite food, activity etc.
2013…A Look Back
Greatest Lesson
Learned Nothing is a sure thing!
Sometimes in 2013 I felt like the fresh faced college grad. I mean I was a recent grad…not so fresh faced
however! Why weren’t jobs just falling
out of the sky? Who wouldn’t want a
phenomenal English teacher on their staff?
I also sent out my novel to a few agents and received polite
rejections. Although the small circle of
people who have read my novel have loved it, that does not necessarily mean
that getting it out there in the world will be a snap! Achieving my dreams is going to take longer
than I want, but I know it will be worth it!
Hardest Thing This
Year Now I know this one will sound
weird but this is the year that I learned family is what you make of it. The end of 2012 saw my family dynamics
change. Gone were the large over done
holiday dinners that were combined with driving here there and everywhere. We simplified. Easter became Enchilada Easter enjoyed with
Dave, Brady and a fantastic friend.
Thanksgiving became staying at one house where we were wanted and where
drama was nonexistent. And after a
relaxing an amazing Thanksgiving dinner with my husband’s family we still enjoy
the tree lighting ceremony in West Warwick because what’s cooler than Santa on
a fire truck? And Christmas has been
solidified as a Chanukah Christmas.
After enjoying time with Dave’s family on Christmas Eve and Christmas
morning, we find a family movie and an open Chinese restaurant! People talk about a work family, and I
certainly have that, the girls I work with are amazing and the girls who I used
to work with remain a part of my life. I
am especially fortunate however since we also have a theatre family. This year my best friend (and business
partner) have grown our theatre company one step at a time, and with it these
wonderful and amazing performers have stuck with us and volunteered their time,
talent and money helping us grow. All
these wonderful event weren’t hard, it was accepting that change happens and
that family is what you make of it that was hard. In fact it took me almost the entire year to
realize this.
Favorite Memory
Well does anything beat being relentlessly teased by your four year old because
you’re too scared for Splash Mountain?
Yes, watching your son in a
private ceremony in Harry Potter world where he received a wand would
beat that. Of course it was all the same
trip so the memory of making Brady’s little dreams come true would be it!
What I Loved About
2013 This is hard. I loved the
stronger relationships I made with people.
I loved the excitement on Brady’s face when we arrived at the airport to
take him to Disney. I loved each and
every audience member who came out to a play I wrote and said that they would
be back for more! I loved each
production for my tiny divas at the daycare…watching students in particular
those too frightened to sing in front of anyone then blossom in front of an
audience was amazing! I loved my first
long term teaching assignment and having a glimpse into the world of
teaching. What’s not to love when you’re
doing what you’re meant to do?
And Onto 2014
What I want to Learn How
to be an even more effective teacher. How
to “do it all” and not have something suffer.
Want to Improve Isn’t
it the same every year? Organize and
exercise. I discovered I love
running…now to find the time to do it!
Goals for 2014 There
are a few! To stage a new play I’ve
written with a friend this spring, to run my first 5K, to write every day and
of course to become a permanent English teacher. Actually if I think of it my goals are
endless, and that’s just the way I like it!
And if you want to download the printable sheet that I'm using here's a link to the original source!
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