1) On a scale of 1-10 how happy am I?
I would say I am probably a 6. I am happy, but I am not spending most of my time doing what makes me happy. Teaching does not bring huge happiness to me as I know it can do for other people.
2) On the same scale (1-10) how unhappy am I?
I am a 2 on the unhappiness scale. I am not really that unhappy, I just want to try something different in life.
3) On the same scale (1-10) how checked out (apathetic) am I?
I am a 7 for being checked out. It's not that I am not trying or working as hard. If anything, I am working harder and smarter, but I am pretty burnt out with teaching. I feel that I am getting pretty good at it, and I could see myself improving much more to become a phenomenal teacher. However, I just do not enjoy many aspects of it. There are many things that upset me on a day-to-day basis and I want to try something different because I feel like a lot of what I do is quite repetitive. The most exciting day I had in a long time was a few weeks ago when a parent emailed me asking what I did for her student to further his achievement. I felt inspired and I created a 4 page email listing specific dates and interventions I did for him and emailed it back to her. I did have one other day where I was doing my kinesthetic learning action research project; I haven't ever laughed that hard in class. I do know that the grass is often greener on the other side so when I reach that side I may want to come back to teaching.
4) How happy am I willing to be? I would like to be a 9.
5) In order to achieve my intention and heartfelt desire to be happy at a 9, I will committ to do the following:
Try a new job/career.
Worry less about checking off stuff on my to do list and thinking more about what I can do to make others happy.
I also think I want a lot of stuff and according to what I heard in class I need to limit this, but I do not currently know how to do this so I need to research this.
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