Today is 1.2.2012. I have lots of goals for this year and lots of things I want to get accomplished. Therefore this blog post won't be that long because I must get started. Yesterday, I was in bed sick all day so I am already a day behind (go figure).
First and foremost, this year I am vowing to spend more time crafting. I joined Pinterest (bad idea, super addicting!). There are lots of projects I want to make on there that I have found thus far, so I am going to get started on those. I just have to decide which I want to do first. It also gives me a great place to find cute layouts for scrapbooking. You can follow me if you want (http://pinterest.com/thoughtfulteach/).
Secondly, I am going to be healthy. Eat better. Live better. I am not really on a diet or anything special. Just cutting out the crap. Working out. Planning walks. Planning meals. Shopping for fresh. I mean, I live in California. How can I not eat the fresh fruits and veggies here? We have year round farmer's markets. Plus, the weather is so nice that people were sitting outside at Starbucks today. I have to enjoy that, right?!
Thirdly, well basically that's it. Those are the two things I am really fully committed to. I told my friend a few weeks back that I was going to go celibate for the new year. She thought I said "celebrate" and she asked me, "Where?!"...lol. Anyway, I decided against that plan. I was also going to try to get involved with a youth group of some sort. Then I realized that I am only in my second year of teaching, I am still working on getting my credential, and (exciting news) I am going to be working on my MASTER'S in Special Education!! Whoop. So basically, my calendar will be full with lesson planning and homework until the end of next school year. At which point I think I will have time and energy for youth group involvement. I might start a scrapbooking club at school for some of the kids. I might also start doing after school homework help for some of the students. These things are just maybe. If they happen, they do. If they don't work out, then it is what it is.
I am still trying to figure out where God wants me to be. So far, I hear Him telling me to just enjoy where I am. To stop worrying about what's coming next or where I am going to be in a few years. Just enjoy now. Today. So, I let the days unfold as they are. Just trying to make the most of what I have and enjoying the things I am blessed with.
Just for the sake of the new year, and in recognizing the value reflecting, here are some things I learned in 2011:
- As long as you're laughing, nothing else matters
- Sometimes people leave for no reason at all
- Things that are meant to be, will be.
- Teaching is wonderful
- Children are the greatest gift the world has
- Not everyone's intentions are clear to themselves or to you
- Secrets don't really exist, if you don't want anyone to know, don't say anything
- It only takes one person to change your outlook on life
- All people really want is to feel loved and appreciated
- Wants and desires change
- There is a family you are born into, and another kind of family, one that is created by another kind of love
- It doesn't always make sense right now, and it may never make sense
- Sometimes (actually, most times) it is better to just let go of control
- Las Vegas is really fun
- Miles/distance don't change anything when you really love and care about a person
- From the words of the year, "Sometimes it lasts in love, and sometimes it hurts instead" -Adele
- I have wonderful wonderful wonderful people in my life. I try to tell them as much as possible, but I don't think they will ever understand how much they mean to me.
It was a really tough year last year. Probably, the hardest one I have had to survive through. There was one that was just as hard, maybe even a tie. I learned a lot about myself, about life, about happiness, about blessings and about trust.
In the end, it was a year of learning. Hard, yet poignant lessons. I go forward with a greater knowledge base and a firmer foundation.
2012 is going to be a good one. I can just feel it in my bones.
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