HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
It's 2015, can you believe it?
Personally, I am thankful it's finally 2015 because for the last year I have been writing the year as 2015 (instead of 2014) on the whiteboard, in front of students, on a daily basis...
"Miss Wells! You did it again, you wrote 2015!"
Uggggh - Arrrrrgh!
One less mistake made in class now, phewwwwww!
So, what goals or challenges or big dreams do you have in store
for 2015?
You do have a game plan, right?
Errrr, right...?
Yeah, me neither.
NEVER have I EVER
written down New Years Resolutions.
I think I have written them down in my head, perhaps even said them out loud but
never on paper, never in hard copy, never on a blog post....
And well, I normally cheat.
I start early.
Like, I start back in November.
Don't believe me?
It's true.
I start in November so by the time January 1st comes around,
my so-called "New Years Resolutions" are habits, if not already apart of my every day life.
BOOM.
I WIN!
But for whatever reason this year, I decided to be different.
I wrote them all down.
I wrote a whole freaking page in fact.
See...
I know, I know.
It looks more like a grocery list or some instructions to get to a friends house....but
if you take a closer look, you will see categories, labels and
FOUR basic things that stand out above the rest.
Drum roll please!
# 1
Find a new (teaching) job.
Oh right, like that's a walk in the park?
It will be the first time Ms.Wells will be
attending a international job fair with some REAL
experience because she is actually
(hold on to your hats for this next statement)
A REAL TEACHER!
(although some would say - debatable)
I say HUMBUG to those doubts and GIDDY-UP to a new adventure!
Would be lying if I didn't say I wasn't peeing my pants just a little
about this "new job" thingy....eeeeks!
#2
Learn to listen.
I have been given the gift of talk from the day I was born.
I am not afraid of being honest with people,
telling people how much I care,
and apologizing when I screw up, big!
BUT
I suck at listening.
I suck at just being there for someone and really hearing what they need,
Which is an ear, not advice or words of comfort.
What comforts people is someone who listens.
Who can focus on them,
their words,
they voice,
their thoughts and emotions.
To be able to one day be that person who people describe as
"Ohhhh, Lauren? She's a great listener..."
It's a long shot but you gotta start somewhere.
And for the record, imagine how much I could LEARN!?!
Learning from students?
Professional relationships?
Love?
Tennis?
Dental hygiene?
Training?
Interviews?
LAUREN JUST STOP and LISTEN!
Will ya?
Hmmm.
#3
Get a MAN
Ummm, I think #3 is self-explanatory.
Three years since the last serious relationship,
three years of being an independent woman
is a good amount of time to learn a lot about yourself
and
to not only be okay with being alone...but actually enjoying it.
NOTE TO LAUREN SELF: Going to the movies alone is fabulous, except going to the movies alone in Bangladesh is perhaps NOT the best idea.
Especially when the movie ends at 9 p.m. at night and you are walking home...again,
just saying.
Hah.
So do I need to explain myself any further or can I just get the crowds
support on this game changer for Miss Wells?
(Crickets)
Riiiiight - Moving ON!
#4
Drink Less.
Fortunately for me
(and my wallet)
we are not talking about drinking less alcohol.
I am talking about drinking less coffee.
I do love my daily(s) brown, liquid, elixir of life every morning
(Stole that definition from Tracy Cameron, thanks Tracy!)
Its a wonderful drug that INDEED - I am addicted to.
So...yeah.
I thought I should CUT BACK and well, non-after lunch time!
Urrrgh.
So...
do you have a game plan yet?
I wouldn't say it's for everyone but if you got nothing else to do....
....why not give it a try?
Don't worry, you don't have to blog about it. That would just be ASKING
for trouble! Hahhahahhahha!
To a new year with lots of love, laughing, and PLENTY of mistakes!
(Especially at writing the date Miss Wells)
xoxoxoox
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