Blog Wishing

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I think my ideas regarding writing a blog were blog wishing.  They're not bad ideas, just unrealistic.  I would like to be one of those teachers that has an aesthetically pleasing suite of digital footprints following me.  My Pinterest boards would be carefully curated collages of things I do and want to do.  My public Facebook page would have status updates that are funny and useful and yet keep people a little in the loop about me.  Instagram would have cute pictures of student projects and great field trip locations.  My blog would have a schedule so that people know what to expect from good ole J-Dub.  And! While I wouldn't be a high roller on TpT, I'd at least have a storefront that could maybe fund my caffeine addiction.

But there was no planning in that dream.  While I could teach a day or so without lesson plans, I certainly wouldn't go about teaching a whole semester or year without a plan.  We'd just wander and maybe we'd end up where we should be.

But in real life, I'm busy planning things and doing things.  Planning: units, experiential education trips, field trips, to travel to Pensacola for Mardi Gras, summer travel, drafting a short story, how I'm going to redo my room, running a 5k.  Doing: teaching, grading papers, report cards, going to Disney, walking, reading books for book club, reading my way through my classroom library.

I know I work better in terms of social media when I have a calendar.  Here's what's coming up, here's what I'm tentatively going to write and when.  Here's the pictures I'll need to make that happen.  I didn't realize any of this until I wrote this post today.  I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it is a starting point.

Stay well, I have three students out today and tomorrow!
J-W