I've come to realise how much of teaching (or most 9-5 job) is just repetition. I have to keep up with grades, keep trudging along, don't get behind, show up on time, and try not to lose focus. I worked the whole time my dad was here but it felt like a bit of a vacation because he was here (also wasn't doing any grading...).
I was just speaking to a friend back home who is struggling with life at the moment and it reminded me of how much I was struggling before I left the states for the last time. It was too easy to blame others for my misery, too easy to feel sorry for myself, too easy to just take what I was given... As soon as I started going after what I wanted and stopped waiting for life to happen my whole outlook on life changed. Its easy to say that but to actually take quantifiable steps forward can be daunting to say the least.
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