Priority #4: Kaplan (where I teach math online)
One part of this goal was to be more focused on my tasks so that it didn't take up so much of my time. For the most part, I've been successful with this. Of course, it helps that I'm just teaching one class this term. I've also improved a great deal on student outreach and cleaning out an overwhelming e-mail inbox. I still need to do a bit more to adequately prepare some discussion board posts for classes that I teach frequently. (This would help with the "not taking up as much of my time" goal, too, in future terms.)
Priority #5: Personal growth (Remember that these were in no particular order - just as I thought of them the day I made my goal list.)
Read more: Success
Since the middle of December, I have read Grace for the Good Girl (highly recommend!), Hope for the Weary Mom, Eat That Frog!, and The Five Love Languages of Children. I just recently started Captivating.
Make more friends: Success in progress.
I have ventured out into some new-ish territory at our church by attending Women's events and Bible studies and am happily making some new connections and friendships. Also, next week we go for the orientation meeting for our new homeschool group followed by a roller skating party at the end of the week. (You might want to add that to your prayer calendar....)
Blog regularly: Um, yes. :)
Pursue an interest: Success, maybe?
I'm not sure what interest I actually want to pursue, but I am getting the opportunity to write an article for The Old Schoolhouse magazine about online learning. We'll see where that leads!
So that's The State of the Mama at the end of the first month of the year. Here's hoping for more progress by March 1st!
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Sounds like you're tracking pretty well! :) What homeschool group have you joined? We really loved FAITH and miss it a lot. Thankfully we have found another wonderful group here though.
ReplyDeleteWe're joining Believers. I've heard great things about both groups, but many families in our church are in Believers, so that's why we're going that way. I'm looking forward to us all making more friends.
DeleteBTW, is the Faith group having another used curriculum sale this year?
I have friends in Believers, too, I'm sure you'll like it. I haven't heard about the curriculum sale, but I know that it was their plan to continue it every year and grow it. You might ask about that on their fb page and see.
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