I’ve been pretty happy lately, and I think a lot of that has to do with how I’ve been allowing myself to feel and think lately. It can be very easy to slip into despair based on the problems in your life and work and the habits you’ve developed. I let myself go there from time to time, falling upon this foolish feeling of woe and, on top of all that, anger at simple people. Scroll back about a thousand posts and you’ll see me write, “never let an asshole rent space in your head.” Well, I offered a condo with an eyeball view. It all comes back to having good people around you that remind you that you are capable of great things as opposed to people who drown you in drama, negativity, and the proclivity to remind you of how incredible they are, even when they aren’t.
So, bad people and energy gone, what is it I’m focused on these days? I’m excited to see my mid kid enter the football playoffs for the second straight season. He’s with a new team, same league, same results. I have seen so much more personal improvement and joy from him this year. I’m not quite certain if he is there as a leader yet, but he is clearly trying to be that as well, and I like it. Two more weeks of football and its on to summer break for me. I like that even more.
This summer is about reading and exploring new authors and making connections that I can use to vastly improve the quality of my classroom both F2F and online. Its funny, I was hoping for this to be the best semester in some time and it turned out to be the worst–perhaps ever. Nothing but drama, lack of engagement, and poor time management. I know I’m better than that, but this semester clearly hasn’t demonstrated it.
Some Thoughts:
- Still on that late night posting kick. I guess I ought to say it to myself: Come on, man!