Reflecting on my ‘closer to zen’ state I thought a lot about the major stressors in my life. Planning represents the lion’s share of stress. If all of my lesson plans for the semester were ready to go, I could teach each and every day and love it. I enjoy the planning, but I don’t enjoy not having the lead time to do the planning. This has become less of an issue in recent weeks as I pull my life back into order after the standard start of the semester craziness.
In the end it turns out that order, preparedness, and a steady job is a key to happiness and even a key to being a good writer. I like to think I’m heading towards big things now that order has reasserted itself.
Only time will tell.
Some Thoughts:
- I don’t think NBC has much more of a shelf life when it comes to drama series. They’ve been running shows into the ground and releasing crap, so I find little to make me believe they can sustain more than a handful of shows in the prime time slots. They’re losing market share to the other big two and the incredible ingenuity of AMC and other cable entities.