Yesterday was a "National Day on Writing" http://www.ncte.org/dayonwriting," and I MEANT to write! I mean to write many, many days; however, I've been out of the "writing habit" so to speak and the less I write, the harder it is to find ideas about which to write! It certainly seems illogical, but this is the reason writing gurus have long said we need to write every day. Writing, like reading, needs to be a part of every day so that we see ourselves as writers!
Besides, I had LOTS of excuses! I had papers to read and pre-observation plans to write! I have not really done anything "exciting" at work or at home; thus, I had an excuse..... I had so much to do, I couldn't even find time for dieting or exercising!
Yet, we all know my lame excuses were just that. I really could have found time for writing, healthy eating and even some exercise....if I had tried. And trust me, there were some pretty special small moments yesterday as I listened to about 101 students read lists of words and phonetically controlled stories. Seriously, I SHOULD write a blog post about the first grader who quietly informed me that the phonetically decodable story I asked her to read really did not make much sense!
Instead of beating myself up for not writing yesterday, I'm going to take a page, so to speak, from the long-time diet writing/diet/exercise wars and re-commit to writing and using writing to not only remember but also to sort out and understand living and learning. Even if YOU did not write/diet/or exercise yesterday, on the designated day, you CAN commit to writing/dieting/and or exercising today.
Besides, I had LOTS of excuses! I had papers to read and pre-observation plans to write! I have not really done anything "exciting" at work or at home; thus, I had an excuse..... I had so much to do, I couldn't even find time for dieting or exercising!
Yet, we all know my lame excuses were just that. I really could have found time for writing, healthy eating and even some exercise....if I had tried. And trust me, there were some pretty special small moments yesterday as I listened to about 101 students read lists of words and phonetically controlled stories. Seriously, I SHOULD write a blog post about the first grader who quietly informed me that the phonetically decodable story I asked her to read really did not make much sense!
Instead of beating myself up for not writing yesterday, I'm going to take a page, so to speak, from the long-time diet writing/diet/exercise wars and re-commit to writing and using writing to not only remember but also to sort out and understand living and learning. Even if YOU did not write/diet/or exercise yesterday, on the designated day, you CAN commit to writing/dieting/and or exercising today.
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