This is my third Whole Life Challenge and I continue to love it. Mainly as it is a bit competitive and introduces new challenges every week. It started last Saturday and this weeks task is to keep a reflective journal that we write in for ten minutes every day. Ten minutes feels like a long time, but have enjoyed doing it every night. Anyways, I decided today to write my daily reflection on here.
There are so many things to reflect on, the first few entries into my new journal were more about what I am thankful for and once I got into about loads of things. My upcoming (when I say upcoming I mean five months away) wedding keeps me up late at night and frequently enters my dreams. Writing my fears, worries or things I need to do down has helped calm me down. So today's worries, well the invite list has me sleepless. I just need to realise we can only have who we can and probably I will end up offending at least one person. I mean you cannot have everyone, as much as we would like too. Nonetheless, I find the whole process stressful.
Another thing I often reflect on is my job. Sometimes days I totally love it and others I walk away in tears wondering what in the world I am doing it for. I think we often have an inflated opinion of our role in children's lives, I hope I am remembered fondly by my students but not sure I am going to make any great changes or influence someone so much. Right now we are busy writing comments and I sometimes wonder if the time and effort I put into each one is ever noticed.
Now my fun bit, I have been documenting my new 'chef' skills. Really this challenge, over time, has turned me into a cooking machine. This week I have made several veggie curries from scratch and they just keep getting better and better. Below is a picture of my latest creation, lentil and aubergine curry, rally was so good.
Okay yippee, reached my ten minutes! Now I can get those five points for today!
Think it looks a little worse than it tastes!
There are so many things to reflect on, the first few entries into my new journal were more about what I am thankful for and once I got into about loads of things. My upcoming (when I say upcoming I mean five months away) wedding keeps me up late at night and frequently enters my dreams. Writing my fears, worries or things I need to do down has helped calm me down. So today's worries, well the invite list has me sleepless. I just need to realise we can only have who we can and probably I will end up offending at least one person. I mean you cannot have everyone, as much as we would like too. Nonetheless, I find the whole process stressful.
Another thing I often reflect on is my job. Sometimes days I totally love it and others I walk away in tears wondering what in the world I am doing it for. I think we often have an inflated opinion of our role in children's lives, I hope I am remembered fondly by my students but not sure I am going to make any great changes or influence someone so much. Right now we are busy writing comments and I sometimes wonder if the time and effort I put into each one is ever noticed.
Now my fun bit, I have been documenting my new 'chef' skills. Really this challenge, over time, has turned me into a cooking machine. This week I have made several veggie curries from scratch and they just keep getting better and better. Below is a picture of my latest creation, lentil and aubergine curry, rally was so good.
Okay yippee, reached my ten minutes! Now I can get those five points for today!
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