It’s the fall semester, and so the first year students are on campus and in full gear. In their first week, most of them have moved into the residence halls, started classes, and survived their first hurricane scare. And now that they’re resettling into things, I’ve asked my English students to write a journal entry about their goals. I told them the goals can be long term or short, but the point of the exercise is to get them writing. And in the process, they may learn something about themselves. Plus, I need to think about my goals too. Professionally, I have to submit goals to my superviser by the middle of this month. And I have several things I want to do by the end of the year. I just have to be careful to not be too optomistic…I’m one person and need to be realistic about what I can accomplish. Personally, I’m making goals to help me transition from a stay-at-home-mom to a working mom. I know they sound simple, but it’s a goal to get up every morning at 6:00 and be out of the house by 7. It’s a goal to not talk on the cell phone on the ride home. By mid-october, I’ll revisit my goals to see how I’m doing. Hopefully I will have accomplished some things and be a more productive mom and employee.
Leave a Reply |
Entries (RSS)