Day 37- Compassion International and The Opposite of Procrastination
Today required some creativity once again. I was beyond delighted last year to experience crushed ice from our new refrigerator because I had never had that before. I had only ever lived in places where I had to fill up the little trays and delicately balance them while waiting for them to freeze. I was able to appreciate the crushed stuff that much more when I had my very own for the first time as a twenty-something.
I am fully aware that there are other kids that grow up wanting a whole lot more than some crushed ice. (Is this transition working for you?) I decided to donate to an organization that would help kids to experience so much more, Compassion International.
http://www.compassion.com/
While we don't have the means to sponsor a child for the year on top of our other donations, we are happy to add our $5 to the cause today.
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It seems as if everyone always talks about how much they looooove lazy Sundays. It seemed that way even more last year when I was working six days a week (student teaching Monday-Friday, HD on Sundays). As everyone else was having a lazy day, I was beginning another week of work, work, work.
Although I have my weekends off these days, it's sort of silly to say that an English teacher every truly has a weekend off. Just because I'm not at school does not mean that I am not working. I know all of you other teachers of all different kinds of subjects are shaking your heads along with that one.
Since I had those snow days last week, I was able to get a lot done and unable to collect anything new that would take up time over the weekend. I also practiced a little something I'd like to call "the opposite of procrastination." I know that there is a much better way to say this (like productivity, for example), but I think it is important to reference procrastination because it is a habit I have practiced on and off for far too long. However, yesterday I got the last bits of work done that absolutely had to be done.
Today... at long last... I enjoyed a lazy Sunday. Tom and I went to church. We followed that with Gingham's, our favorite local breakfast place. We watched movies. We loved our dog. We did laundry. We got groceries. We had a scrumptious dinner (I cooked, patting myself on the back). Basically, we had ourselves a nice little Sunday, thanks to my "opposite of productivity" days leading up to it.
Thank you, opposite of procrastination, you made my day.
I am fully aware that there are other kids that grow up wanting a whole lot more than some crushed ice. (Is this transition working for you?) I decided to donate to an organization that would help kids to experience so much more, Compassion International.
http://www.compassion.com/
While we don't have the means to sponsor a child for the year on top of our other donations, we are happy to add our $5 to the cause today.
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It seems as if everyone always talks about how much they looooove lazy Sundays. It seemed that way even more last year when I was working six days a week (student teaching Monday-Friday, HD on Sundays). As everyone else was having a lazy day, I was beginning another week of work, work, work.
Although I have my weekends off these days, it's sort of silly to say that an English teacher every truly has a weekend off. Just because I'm not at school does not mean that I am not working. I know all of you other teachers of all different kinds of subjects are shaking your heads along with that one.
Since I had those snow days last week, I was able to get a lot done and unable to collect anything new that would take up time over the weekend. I also practiced a little something I'd like to call "the opposite of procrastination." I know that there is a much better way to say this (like productivity, for example), but I think it is important to reference procrastination because it is a habit I have practiced on and off for far too long. However, yesterday I got the last bits of work done that absolutely had to be done.
Today... at long last... I enjoyed a lazy Sunday. Tom and I went to church. We followed that with Gingham's, our favorite local breakfast place. We watched movies. We loved our dog. We did laundry. We got groceries. We had a scrumptious dinner (I cooked, patting myself on the back). Basically, we had ourselves a nice little Sunday, thanks to my "opposite of productivity" days leading up to it.
Thank you, opposite of procrastination, you made my day.
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