Oh Shiny Syndrome

I have been working on two lesson plans this weekend.  One of them is for my first observation of student teaching on Wednesday and the other is for a lesson on alliteration and similes. As I created the lesson plans, I would regularly get taken away from the task at hand as I searched for specific poems or ideas.  I got pulled into various activity ideas and then have to bring myself back to recording my plan.  This is something I regularly do and have always done.  This is something my sister, Crystal, once refered to as "Oh, shiny!" syndrome.  While doing something, talking with someone, etc. another seemingly more interesting idea or task presents itself.  Rather than staying focused on the initial venture, a veer to a new destination takes place.  It is like going an a long drive, you have a destination in mind but you see a sign along the way advertising a fun attraction.  You take a detour, whether out of boredom or just for a break from the monotony.  You eventually continue on your journey but you have lost time and will arrive later than planned.

I am nearly finished with my degree and will soon be a certified teacher. I have taken many detours to get to this point.  Are they all worthwhile detours?  Most of them, yes.  Others, maybe not.  I try to do my best to focus on the present and not regret the past because ultimately there is nothing I can do to change the past, it is already done.  I can make decisions now, in the present that will change the future but now is where I am.  I have some amazing boys and a little girl I have been fortunate to spend my afternoons and summers with and my life is greatly blessed because of them, their parents and grandparents. I work with some of the most wonderful people, who daily teach me so much about myself, life, and teaching.  We are all on a journey, each navigating the best we know how.  I will try to smile more to those around, offer a hello and listening ear whenever I can, and do my best to encourage others on their journey because doing so enriches my own life.

I hope to make this blog a place where I share my thoughts on my journey through each day.

quotes found on: http://quotesgram.com/live-in-the-present-quotes/