Motivation.

I have been trying to motivate myself for a while to get back into working out.  It's really hard to pull myself away from my classroom.  I'm going to try to stop devoting endless hours at/of work and start devoting some important time for myself at the gym.  I definitely need it for my health!  I know that once I get into a routine of working out, it makes me a happier, more energetic person!  I'm hoping it well help to ease stress, improve my health, and decrease lazy habits.

Ready....set....go!

A little reminder to myself

A reminder to myself that productivity = happiness. Here's a list of the things I've accomplished this break... 1) Started a classroom blog with photos of activities. 2) Created an OLAS account. District position, here I come! (One day...) 3) Started going meatless (For Lent, but maybe longer) 4) Deactivated my Facebook account (again...for Lent, but maybe longer) 5) Visited my mother's childhood development classes at the high school and spoke about my teaching experience 6) Opened a joint savings account with Matt for our wedding/future 7) Cleaned my room 8) Started eating healthier 9) Thinking about starting a workout routine to start ASAP before school every morning 10) Got a few more yeses (sp?) for my wedding party 11) Finally figured out how to access my online banking Hope I can keep adding to this list!

Tomorrow, I still start my biggest Lent-giving-up-task. AKA sacrifice? Like last year, I am giving up meat. However, this year I've decided to also give up Facebook. I think it's going to be a very good thing because I spend an immense amount of time on it and most of the time, I'm not even realizing! On a side note, I have another goal I need to set for myself: I need to manage my time and planning better. I feel like I'm constantly planning and prepping for my classroom and not devoting enough time for other things. I hope to start a new resolution for this year starting soon. As for happy news, tomorrow I'm headed to see the Knicks with my brother and fiancee. Then the day after that is Valentine's Day. Then starting Friday afternoon, I will be off for February Break! Time for bed.

I can't believe I actually remembered the name of this blog! It took me a long time to get my password reset, but I'm really glad I did. Blogging has slipped right through my fingers for too long. The last few years have been pretty busy, but it's a shame I haven't written anything here and there. In the last 2 1/2 years, I've thankfully kicked off my career! After student teaching in both 5th and 3rd grade in Brentwood, NY, I landed a permanent sub job at SCOPE. Shortly after, I was so fortunate to achieve a teaching position through SCOPE at South Street Elementary School. I'm now teaching my second year of Universal Pre-K there! My next goal is to start my Master's Degree and eventually become an actual district teacher. As for my personal life, a lot of big things have happened as well! Matt and I are engaged!!! This happened on December 21st, 2012. One of the reasons I'm getting back to writing is I want to write all the exciting things that are happening so I can look back on these times! I'll be back soon!