Starting Again

It seems like people are always making resolutions, vowing to do better, eat better, exercise more, write more, whatever it is. And of course this time of year is "the time" to start over.

But really, what does it matter when you start the change to do / be something different? What matters more is if you're still doing those things you changed a month from now, 6 months, a year. The change is only a true change if it becomes part of who you are, your daily routine.

And so I begin again, writing on this blog. I have several blogs, one for school, one for personal, one for me as my journal, maybe that's my problem, too many. For now, I'm going to concentrate on my school one. When I was working on getting my master's degree many years ago, journaling/reflecting was part of most of what we did. I enjoyed it, it helped to decompress lessons I'd tried, struggles in the classroom, embrace the triumphs. Wish I would have kept up with it then, but everyone knows how that goes with one thing or another.

I will find the time to do this for myself. I will make time to do this for my students.