I had an appointment this week with one of my doctors who asked me what I was going to do if I could not remove the stress from my current job. You see, I am a full time middle school teacher. I love my job, but lately, it has become extremely stressful due to the lack of control of the students. Not all of my classes are stressful. Just the 7th grade classes. I teach 6th and 7th. Unfortunately, the constant state of stress is affecting my health in ways that have a huge impact of my longevity of life. It’s not fun.
I love teaching, but what would I do if I could no longer teach?
Write.
Funny how most English teachers I know desire to be writers. Some, like myself, have written books, and others are in the process or dreaming of writing.
Because of my need to answer the question of “If not teaching, what?” I feel the urgency even more to pursue my writing and blogging. I can say that I am not where I wanted to be in October. When I sat down in January and planned everything, this is not where I wanted to be, but I am closer than I was. I saw my blogging as being a more active job at this point, but due to circumstances out of my control, I found myself not being consistent, and that hurt my goals. In fact, those setbacks have left me at the point of feeling an urgency to try and catch up by the end of the year. If I couldn’t reach October’s goals by October, I can at least reach them by the end of the year, right?
I have to assess my goals at this point. I still have two more months to reach at least one of my goals. This needs to be my focus. I can’t waver. I have to push through and maintain the momentum that I created this summer. This momentum is what will carry me through to the end. This momentum is what will help me to accomplish a goal, if not all three goals.
Have you felt the urgency of falling behind with your yearly goals? Let me know in the comments below.
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