looking forward to 2009, looking back on 2008
10:49 pm on the 2nd of January, 2009With only a couple of days left now of the Christmas holidays I’m sitting here wondering where the time went. Someone, somewhere recently likened a teacher’s holidays to the time a diver takes to adjust to the atmosphere at sea level after a dive, a decompression time if you like.
As the last term came to an end I felt a lot brighter and less tired than I did at the same time last year, yet I was still feeling very run down. Teaching is such an all-consuming thing to do – entirely enjoyable and worthwhile of course – that the time during the holidays is so important. I can honestly say that since I left school on the last day I have probably spent no more than a few hours thinking about work I have to do, instead I’ve been spending my time on me! And so it is that I’ve done that usual New Year thing of coming up with a few things I want to do, or get done this year; focussing on the personal rather than professional, the professional resolutions I thought about back in August when the school year started.
1. I want to get back into swimming a bit more this year, back in to the pool in fact. I’m secretly harbouring a hope that I could do some competing and even (pushing it a bit!) break the minute for 100m Free.
2. I’ve got to get out onto the hills a lot more this year, at least 24 times in the year, and hopefully I’ll finally get to a stage where I can realistically think about starting my Mountain Leader training.
3. Much, much more caving needs to be done this year. Hopefully I’ll do a little bit of digging with a couple of the GUPA reprobates as well. I’ll maybe even manage to drag out Ollie sometime?
4. To start (and complete?) an extreme learning project (ok, this one is a little bit related to my professional life).
5. I’m giving the 365 project a shot this year, with an iPhone there really is no excuse not to take and publish a photo each day of the year. I’ve managed two out of two so far.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 am on the 3rd of January, 2009
Excuse my ignorance (and good old Google didn’t really get me very far, I didn’t get it after looking at some of the results), but what’s an “extreme learning project” for normal people?
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 am on the 3rd of January, 2009
Maybe 2009 will be the year!
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 am on the 3rd of January, 2009
@Armin, sorry Armin, I meant to leave a link but forgot, maybe this will help a little.
@Ollie, I hope so. We are heading up to Sutherland on the 16th of January if you can make it! Only problem is there may not be much caving done, depending on weather. Plenty of other things to do up there though of course.
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm on the 3rd of January, 2009
Thanks Stuart, that link was quite helpful. I think I get it now. Very interesting approach to learning!
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