I have been absent for a little while due to the holidays and some big family changes. But now I am back.
I hope that my fellow school clinicians enjoyed a break and have come back refreshed. I know that I needed a little break from one of the most difficult starts to a school year I have had. I am eager to finish this year strong and make it my best one yet.
Over the holidays I caught a segment on one of the morning shows about choosing a word to define your year instead of choosing resolutions. You think about what is holding you back, what you need, what you can give, etc. Then when you have that word you apply it your life. I had not heard of this concept before, though when I brought it up to my family, my sister and brother had already heard of it. Most of my family had already chosen their words. I had a difficult time with mine. Today my sister sent me content from Ali Edwards (http://aliedwards.com/blog/one-little-word) where she has monthly prompts and a group to share how the word is evolving in their lives. I will admit; I stole my word from her. When I saw her word it grabbed me: THRIVE. I don't want to just survive in my life and my job; I want to THRIVE.
My beginning of the year post was about school year resolutions. I am still striving to live up to those resolutions but I thought that I would try this in place of my personal/professional New Year's Resolutions.
What would your word be for 2014?
