“Oh right, I forgot,” he sneered at me. “It happened two minutes ago, so to you, it’s over. It’s in the past.” I had a partner who regularly scolded me for the fact I like to settle into the moment, live in the present and not look at the past or the future too much.… Read More That’s The Past
Quite a few years ago now I had the incredible opportunity to sing at provincials for musical theatre. I had placed gold in a few classes at the Quinte Rotary Music Festival, and was selected to move on to a competition in Ottawa. When I arrived at the competition, I was even more excited to… Read More It’s All In The Eyes
How many times have you thought, “if that was me I would…”? How many times have you judged someone else for something that they did or did not do? It’s always so much easier from the outside looking in, isn’t it? It’s easy to sit on the outside and say that you’d do a certain… Read More From The Outside
“Good things come to those who wait.” It popped into my head a while ago and I haven’t been able to shake it. Good things… come to those who…wait? You mean …sit still (look pretty)… and wait? Yup – just throwing in a Daya joke there too. Hmm. Okay. I have to admit this motto… Read More To Those Who Wait
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Final Product – Week Four
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More A Rough Draft – Week Three
Sorry Star Wars fans, but this one isn’t for you. This week my mind has been spinning with thoughts of “force.” Have you ever tried to force something? For better or for worse? Maybe you’re trying so hard to make something work or maybe it’s the complete opposite and you’re trying so hard to avoid… Read More May The Force Not Be With You
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Developing Outline – Week Two
This blog is part of a four week series for my Professional Master of Education class on self-regulated learning. The project is to pick a long-term goal (distal) and break it down into short-term goals (proximal). For my goal I selected the following: My goal is to begin the process of developing my teaching manual;… Read More Time of Reflection – Week One
You know what is awesome? When something good or someone great shows up in the most unusual of places. When something happens completely unexpectedly and turns out to be something really great. Have you ever experienced those moments? How about that time you pulled up to the window at Tim Hortons and the car in… Read More Most Unusual Of Places
