From the Vault – 7/11/2020-7/12/2020

I haven't felt inspired to write for a long time. Life had just taken that passion and pushed it aside for the moment. But tonight, as I lay under the stars in the middle of nowhere, I feel inspired. We were out looking at the stars to watch the meteor shower. As we lay on …

From the Vault – Summer Sunsets

I was riding in a car recently at sunset and was captivated by how the sunset formed a perfect rainbow. The sky was cloudless as it had been all day, so there was nothing interfering with the sheer beauty of the setting sun. Sunsets like that don't happen in the winter. Now I am a …

25 Things I Learned By 25

As I turned 25 this month, I was reflecting back on the things I've done and the things I've learned in this quarter century. While doing that I compiled a list of things I learned about life by the time I turned 25. Being an adult is a lot harder than I thought it would …

Goals for 2021

It's been quite a year and it is that time for me to set my goals for the next year. Recently I've been setting goals for each month to accomplish things I need and want to get done. I have found that writing down my goals has kept me more accountable, so here we go. …

Revisiting Goals from 2020

Wow! This year has been quite a year! There have been a lot of unexpected twists and turns as we all learn how to navigate the new normal that 2020 brought. Every year I look back at my goals from the previous year and set goals for the upcoming year. I'm interested to look back …

Evaluating My Stuff

Over the course of 2020 I have had a lot of time to reflect both on myself and on my life. Through this reflection I realized that I own a lot of stuff and it is really like my possessions are owning me. This is where the idea of decluttering and minimalism come in. I …

Diary of a First Year Teacher #5

4/30/2020 I haven't written in awhile because I haven't known what to write about. Currently we are going through a global pandemic and that has really thrown a wrench into how I envisioned my first year of teaching playing out. Yes, I knew there would be challenges, but I never predicted something like this. To …

Diary of a First Year Teacher #4

1/28/2020 Today I had a big win. A kid that was struggling with reading finally got the thing we had been working on for quite some time. That felt like the greatest win after having a frustrating start to my day. I got going in the morning a little later than I wanted to, then …