Hi, friends. How are you? I am slogging my way through September, this semester. It’s no secret that I have been frustrated with teaching for a while now. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on why this is. And finally, it occurred to me. I am bored. So. Very. Bored. In my younger years, I job-hopped a lot. A year here, a year there, trying different lives on. So, it was a bit of a relief to finally find something that I liked doing for more than a year. (Wasn’t this what adulting was about? Finding your little slice of contentment?) If I had a challenging semester, it would be over soon enough. For a long while, that change enough. But now that’s no longer true. I need a bigger change. And if I’m honest, really honest, I’ve gotten a little tired of working on this novel. I’ve been at work on it for too long. It’s time to be done with both of these things so that I can see what other challenges await.
Are you taking enough risk?
Are you taking enough risk?
Are you taking enough risk?
Hi, friends. How are you? I am slogging my way through September, this semester. It’s no secret that I have been frustrated with teaching for a while now. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on why this is. And finally, it occurred to me. I am bored. So. Very. Bored. In my younger years, I job-hopped a lot. A year here, a year there, trying different lives on. So, it was a bit of a relief to finally find something that I liked doing for more than a year. (Wasn’t this what adulting was about? Finding your little slice of contentment?) If I had a challenging semester, it would be over soon enough. For a long while, that change enough. But now that’s no longer true. I need a bigger change. And if I’m honest, really honest, I’ve gotten a little tired of working on this novel. I’ve been at work on it for too long. It’s time to be done with both of these things so that I can see what other challenges await.