I wanted to say that a New Year brings a chance to start fresh. I have been thinking about that a lot recently. Lately, I have felt like I peaked my first year of teaching. Here I was a first year teacher nominated for awards and coming in second place for student's choice of favorite teacher. I had students who loved me and came and saw me all the time. I just don't feel that I have been able to reach my student's this year in that same way and build the same relationships and it has made me extremely sad. But I know that it doesn't have to stay that way. I can let myself be defeated or I can rise about the situation. I am going to find a way to reach these kids and that is going to start with focusing on getting divine inspiration about each and every one of them.
Also this year I am putting myself first. I am going to do the things that make me feel good about life regardless of everything else. I feel the best about life right after I go running and so I am going to go running more this year. It makes me happy. I also made a lot of other very personal goals and important insights about myself but regardless to say for the first time I am feeling very optimistic for this upcoming year.
In other news, for the first time in oh....five years....I will not be the only person without a couple at my house this new years night. (Granted the other individual's wife is home with the kids and he is playing games.) But the point being I love being with my family and playing games but when midnight rolls around it is a painful truth that I am the odd girl out because everyone in my family (excluding nieces and nephews) are married and so they have a midnight kiss. And just not being the only one here at my house alone makes me feel a lot better.
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