Celebrate This Week was established by Ruth Ayres
Happy New Year to all! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2015 brings you many blessings.
I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. They're just a way to disappoint yourself and for places like gyms and sporting goods stores to feed on our lofty goals and make money. Still, I do like the idea and symbolism of a new year being about new beginnings. So I've been thinking a lot lately about how I can improve myself without setting unrealistic goals that I will never fulfill.
As a result, Ruth Ayres got me thinking about the One Little Word challenge and that has been swimming around in my head lately. If you've never heard of the challenge before, the idea is to pick a word and live with it for an entire year.
The word I have chosen for 2015 has actually been a word I've been living with in my classroom with my students since September, but I feel the need to make a formal declaration and continue living with it for another 12 months.
Brave was my mantra as I returned to the piano after over a decade away from playing.
Brave was my mantra as I entered the classroom again after a year away from students.
Brave was my mantra as I challenged myself to come out of my turtle shell, stick my neck out and do things for the good of my students, consequences be damned.
So I will continue living with brave for the next 12 months and do so with more intention. I'm excited to see where Brave will take me.
What a great word to continue to live by! I know you have made some changes this year, congrats for continuing to think about them. I am sure your students appreciate what you've done for them this year!
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I love how you added the piano keys to your artwork! This will be my third year for a OLW and I am always amazed by how much it does guide your year. Good luck with your but I guess if you are brave you won't need luck! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful word to choose. You've reminded me that I had that as a goal at the beginning of the school year - to be brave and help students to do the same. I even wrote a post about it http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2014/09/slice-of-life.html, but had forgotten. I am trying the one little word this year too, but I can see I will have to be reminding myself all year. ;)
ReplyDeleteBrave is a powerful word to put into effect for 2015. It is a popular thought in Twittersphere conversations about courageous conversations and growth mindset. Best of luck in 2015.
ReplyDeleteYou HAVE had a brave year, and more bravery will come, I'm sure! I love the image for BRAVE. I saw Ruth's images for her OLW and love those, too. How do you make them?
ReplyDeleteHolly, I have digital scrapbooking kits that I've had saved on my computer for a long time -- from back in my scrapbooking days. :)
DeleteYou HAVE had a brave year, and more bravery will come, I'm sure! I love the image for BRAVE. I saw Ruth's images for her OLW and love those, too. How do you make them?
ReplyDeleteLove the word choice of brave! Happy 2015!
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