Weekly Check-In 11/4/18

I am participating in a teacher fitness programm (that I'll tell more about in the future), and every week there is a weekly check-in.  This is my first one.

1. How is your hydration?

I do not drink as much water as I need to.  I'm going to try this week to quench thirst with water instead of sodas or sweet tea.  We'll see how much more I am able to drink.

2. What are you most proud of in the last week?

This last week, I was able to say no to some sweets or to have less of them.  Considering it was Halloween week, I'm feeling pretty good about most of my choices.

3. What is one thing you wish you did daily? Something you *enjoy*?

At this point, the answer is reading, and I mean reading a real book that I have to hold in my hands.  I've been doing much better with it this school year, but I haven't gotten it down to a daily habit.

4. What is the biggest lesson you want to instill in your students? In your children?

Kindness is different from niceness, but it's important to be both.

5. Do you live by this lesson yourself?

I certainly have my moments, but I believe that I do live by this lesson.  I'm fairly certain that I don't come across as a selfish jerk, and I don't feel like one usually (and when I do, I'm sure I'm being hard on myself).

6. What is (are) something(s) you love about yourself?

I love that I'm a resilient person and a flexible problem-solver.  This week on two separate days, we had to split classes because one of my team teachers got sick and had to leave suddenly.  I'm the team leader, so I had to make some quick decisions, execute some contingency plans, and manage the lab students from the university that were coming to teach their lessons those days to (unbeknownst to them) completely new groups of students.  I handled it like a boss.

7. What is a wild dream of yours?

I want to write.  I'm not sure what or when or why, but I feel like I have a story to tell (somewhere in there) and I'm on the verge or a breakthrough.

8. Share a positive reminder you tell yourself when you are struggling.

Galatians 6:9  "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

9. You ready for November's challenge?

Yes.