As of today, we have complete six days of a 178-day school calendar; students have completed four. I am totally exhausted by the end of the day. It has been years since I graduated with my teaching degree, but I cannot remember ever being told how exhausting trying to be a good teacher is; I was told about how difficult and frustrating the job was, but professors did not mention the physical and mental exhaustion. I am drained.
Trying to reach the goals I have set for myself this year will be challenging and add to the drain. I have always heard that setting goals is a practice that all people should make a habit. As a teacher, I have learned to make goals that are positively written, small, specific and time oriented and to congratulation myself when my behavior helps me come closer to achieving my goals. So what are your goals?
Here are mine.
1. Use kinder words (cut the sarcasm) for the first month of school- if I can do that, then I can extend it for the whole year.
2. Choose a positive attitude all day, every day. This makes the day fly by and everybody is much happier.
3. Greet people at school 90% of the time. I am trying to say Hi or Good Morning to everyone.
4. Praise the positive at least 10 times in a day; ignore or quickly deal with the negative. I don't do this enough.
5. Better manage my time to take care of my priorities- me, my family (my husband, my kids, my mother and my grandparents), my job, my students and my co-workers and then everyone else. I have not been doing this for a long time!!
So how have I been doing? The first three were huge successes this week; I just decided on number four and am doing better on number five. I did spend a lot of time with my family and made sure to sleep and eat well, so I am off to great start. I try to leave school at school, but that often doesn't happen. Oh, well, something to improve for next week.
Now that the digital world knows my goals, I will have a real push to successfully meet them.
Are you - the reader- willing to make your goals public?? Give it a try.
3 comments:
1. Try and not fall asleep during ASPUSH this year
2. I'm going to try and kick myself into gear and do homework, and do it well. I didn't do it fully last year...but since this is prep year, I really feel as if I should do things to the best of my ability
And I'm sure more things will pop up soon, but I'm not sure yet. I have some short-term goals, but since they're easier to achieve, I don't think I have to post those.
3. Get all A's. End of story.
4. Don't get hurt in science class this year =D I've already done it freshmen and sophomore year...haha...let's see what happens this year!
5. Try and make it through junior year without crashing and burning. I think I should take a breather every once in a while and do something fun instead of hanging around the casa w/ nothing to do.
Crap, so everything got mushed together...frick! Hopefully it ain't too hard to read...the "And I'm sure more things will pop..." is supposed to be at the end...Grr, computers are gay!
1. Actually try this year.
2. Get good grades.
3. Be more involved.
4. Study hard, work hard.
5. Get a job. =P.
I would say have more fun, but I think I'm doing enough of that right now haha.
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