late september resolution

I've been quite pathetic on the updating and blogging tip this month.

I could blame it on work.

The second half of a semester is always a bigger time-sucker. The writing gets more intensive, which means I'm marking more student writing and spending a bit more time in school preparing lessons. I also am quite lucky to have a class that I really, really enjoy teaching, and I work harder in making the lessons more interesting and engaging for them.

I'm also experimenting with some new approaches in teaching. Nothing radical, but things that are more student centered, where they really are directing the focus and energy of the classroom in a more organic and natural way. For the first time in a while, I'm truly excited about the actual method of teaching.

I could also blame it on my ambitions to write outside of blogging.

I've been a bit better about keeping a journal, and for one week there in early September, I was alloting a set amount of time each day dedicated solely to writing. Not journaling or blogging, but throwing myself into creative work.

As I said, that lasted a week.

So here's my late September resolution, to be more dedicated to this space.

Pinkie swear & shit.