If you’ve been a blog reader of mine for a long time, you might remember my post on minimalism last summer or even my whole 50 Weeks to Organized project I worked on all last year. Basically, the drive behind both of those was that I was feeling an intense desire to simplify my life …
Obviously it’s been no secret (if you read Wednesday’s post) that I’ve been a little gloomy, woe-is-me lately. Then today, after a third hour that dragged as slowly as tar drips (for me anyway—I can’t speak for my students), I was just rejoicing in the fact that there’s a weekend ahead of me that involves Leatherby’s …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMUIhQCm10] Since the hideous display of Miley Cyrus a couple weeks back, it seems that the focus has been–more than ever–on the degradation of values in the American media. Not only has blog after blog done posts on the spectacle and what we should do about it (several of them very well done), but my …
(Here I am, bare-faced.) I am one of those people who is afraid of going out in public without makeup. (There, I admitted it.) I wear makeup on nearly every day of the year, even if I’m not planning on leaving the house. I wear makeup to the grocery store, to the mailbox, to go …
For the past several weeks, I have been fascinated with the idea of minimalism = the concept that by living with the most minimal amount possible (of material things as well as unworthy time commitments), you bring much more satisfaction into your life. Come to think of it, I’ve been drawn to the idea of simplifying …
Today has definitely been one of those days: the kind of day when I ask myself, over and over again, “Am I making any kind of difference in my students’ lives? Or am I just here to make sure they stay busy and don’t hurt each other?” I often wonder if other teachers think of …
At every full-time job I’ve ever had, I’ve noticed something: I am usually the only one in my workplace that brings lunch that I have cooked myself. At my last job (which was the first job I got after I was married), I quickly realized that due to financial reasons, I pretty much had to pack …
(Here’s a picture of me not-so-metaphorically experiencing hand-to-the-forehead exasperation) The older I get, the more convinced I am that it’s more likely that I’m going to be wrong than right. As a kid, the world seems so black and white, and going through grade school doesn’t really help things–your teacher gives you a gold star …
