Three Lessons I’ve learned

I have learned a lot of lessons in my decades of life. It’s often said that you wish you knew then what you know now, but when I look back, I’ve enjoyed the journey. It hasn’t always been a happy journey, but it’s brought me to where I am now. Here are the top lessons I have learned.

Traditions I love as an Educator

Having traditions is fun and a place that can often ground you when things feel scattered. Whether they are holiday traditions or something you do on a particular day every year, traditions are a fun way to find joy in life. Here are a few of my favorite traditions: Taking senior ditch day off: If […]

My Three Favorite educator hacks

You can search for teaching hacks all day long and come up with a long list. Today, I’m sharing my three favorites after 17 years in an 8-12 classroom setting. Prevent Reply Alls by using the BCC function Look, there are a lot of memes out there about people who reply all to emails that […]

Learning how to become an academic writer

xI was always the student who scored very well on papers. I can write. It’s something I love to do (hence this blog), but I have room to improve. Academic writing is not my forte. I find it boring; however, in the quest for evolving and going to grad school, I need to work on it. So, I found classes to help me learn and got some books.

Three Things I Struggle with as an educator

I am in my 20th year in education, and although I’m not in a classroom, my work involves me in education daily. Over the past 20 years, here are a few things that I have struggled with. Not wrapping my identity up in my job. I am proud of what I do and what I […]

My Morning Menu

I briefly discussed my morning menu in this post, but I wanted to take the opportunity to expand on it. It’s been something that has helped me stay consistent with my goals and deal with failure. Takings steps toward a goal when you have a setback sometimes is difficult, but having something to focus on […]