Life settled a little this week with the girls returning to academic courses and athletic practices. If you had asked me last March if we would still be working virtually in a year, I would have laughed out loud. But, here we are. I continue to be amazed by the innovation and creativity that our teachers demonstrate as well as the positivity and resilience that our students bring. While this remains less than ideal, I remain positive that we can use what we have learned to transform the future of education to reach more learners.
Amidst it all, I am thankful.
* Thankful for platforms that allow long chats with my daughter in college.
* Thankful for live stream athletics so I can watch my girls’ athletic contests.
* Thankful for students and families who remain positive and give 100%.
* Thankful for my professional PLC who share innovative ideas.
* Thankful for friends who make me smile.
* Thankful for the ability to exercise – it’s my therapy.
01: Get 6 – 7 Hours of Sleep Each Night {Status: 33/35}
This week, I nailed this goal.
Bedtime: How early is too early? Asking for a friend.
02: Learn Calligraphy
With multiple swim meets and lacrosse games (all away, of course), I did not even think about this goal. In fact, it has taken all weekend to catch up on emails!
03: Purge 1000 items {Status: 299/1000}
Still pruning my email lists. 9 more have been deleted!
04: Organize the Attic
Today, two items are going into attic storage. I will use this opportunity to bring down a couple of boxes.
05: Read 100 Books, including ALL of the DBC books. {Status: 08/100}
Definitely need to pick up the pace on this goal!
In Progress
(1) Radical Candor | Scott {Professional Growth}
(2) Culturally Responsive School Leadership | Khalifa {Professional Growth}
(3) Hacking Questions {Professional Growth}
Complete:
Pleasure Reading: 8 books.
06: Try 52 New Recipes {Status: 04/52}
This week, I fell short on this goal. But, this weekend is the Superbowl. I’m hoping that we whip up a couple of yummy dishes!
07: Get in Shape
Here are some specific action steps that I took this week:
I continued the Running Challenge {Run for America, 1/1/21 – 3/14/21}
This week, I have accumulated 156.4km of my 250km goal. I did slow down a little…it was either cold or rainy (or both) this week.
On Friday, the Valentine’s Day Challenge opened. This one was a surprise.
Of course, I did it!
For another week, I closed the Activity Ring every. single. day. Some days, I closed them twice. The body is an amazing masterpiece.
08: #OneMonthGoals with Michael Matera
Last year, I joined Michael Matera on his #OneMonthGoals journey. I ran every single day for a month – and it was glorious. This year, I am committed to selecting (and sticking with) one new goal each month, which I will document here.
January 2021: Day 31 of my Run Streak! {Done!}
February 2021: Track my meals on Lose It App
09: Write/Send 52 notes/cards {Status: 6/52}
Need to get off of the computer and start writing notes!
10: Maintain a weekly blog {5/52}
Here I am!
11: Simplify my life
As we inch closer to returning to F2F learning, I am working diligently to carve ways to maintain a lifestyle that has protected time to pursue these goals.
I’m open to other ideas on how to simplify my life… send them my way.
12: Organize my mother’s photographs
Still sitting there… laughing at me.
Secret Goals!
- Secret Goal #1: This one is starting to take shape…
- Secret Goal #2: Parts of this one were assembled this week…
- Secret Goal #3: I have sketched out a paper/pencil plan for this…
- Secret Goal #4: I might just switch this one…
How are your goals going?
Cheers, Holly