The Last Day

It is December 31st, the last day of this year.  I face it with a measure of hope and disappointment. 

I love New Year's Day; it's my favorite holiday.  I love the anticipation and the possibilities and promise of 365 brand new unexplored units of time.  There is excitement in the thought of living without boundaries, if even for a little while.

Yet, a stirring of disappointment as I look back on a very difficult year and know that I could have done better.  I wanted so much more.  I let many spinning plates fall.

Man-ing up and reflecting now.  I have not carried my weight as secretary of a professional organization.  Too many things I've let slide there and yet these are relationships that I value and the organization supports literacy, a cause I value.

This blog has slid by the wayside - this is my first posting since June!!  I think of ideas all the time and don't follow through.  Technology, overall, has not been as purposeful and integrated in my classroom as I'd like either BTW.

Finally, I've allowed too many other people to push their priorities on to my plate.  How do so many "crisis du jour" literally shove my great work to the side?

I don't like the term resolutions. I try to think in terms of commitments.  And so I re-commit to my professional colleagues, to my writing (both digital & not), and to focus on living more purposefully and mindfully, focusing on my priorities.