Back to Basics

I need to refocus and refine this blog, returning it to its original purpose: trying things and sharing what I learn from the experience. My confidence has taken a hit in the first half of this year, so part of me wants to wallow in that and another part of me just keeps running off on all kinds of tangents.

Failing is hard. Failing in public is even harder. Luckily, I understand that failure is part of the process, and I usually have a pretty good sense of humor about it.

The thing is, I didn’t actually fail in the first half of this year, in the sense that I didn’t fall flat on my face while attempting to do something hard. My only failure was this: I let other people pressure me out of doing some hard things that I was otherwise confident I could do. That’s why I am here instead of preparing a classroom for the upcoming school year.

On the other hand, I have had some exacerbations of my physical and mental issues that have made me wonder if I am really able to handle being in an elementary classroom. Now I have a year of deferral to do what I need to do to get myself into better shape, so that’s one thing I can be grateful for. It also gives me time to determine if I would prefer teaching middle or high school.

In the meantime, it is time for me to get back to basics here. I have some adventures coming up that are on-theme for this blog. This week I will do some traveling and some renovation work on the camper at my mom’s house. I don’t have any RV renovation experience, so I think that will be a fun experiment to write about.