Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #39
We decided my dad needed a surprise carnival for his 70th birthday! It was so much fun! Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #38
I'm having trouble coming up with a logo that I love. This is what I have right now, any thoughts? Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #37
I made this shirt all by myself with my awesome Cricut!! Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #36
Today I thought I would just share one of my favorite places online to shop and look for great deals! Woot.com Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #35 So proud of Chandler for participating in Circle the State with Song at Owasso High School on February 2nd! He did such a fantastic job! Here is a video of one of the songs they did! Special thanks to Amanda at Foyil Music Studio! Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #34
Many of my recent posts appear in support of charter schools but to be honest, I'm on the fence about it. It is a lot of work on the parent and the child, and they are learning in a vacuum, not to mention the lack of social interaction. It is hard to navigate all the different requirements, assignments, due dates, systems that you need to be proficient with to be successful. We haven't committed one way or the other but my hope is that Chandler goes back to public school next year. He misses his friends, he misses the activities he was a part of and I miss my sanity. I don't regret our charter school experience, in fact I would do it all over again because I think Chandler was forced to learn a new set of skills. Now he has a much better understanding of the importance of doing his homework, and he has figured out how to be resourceful and self-sufficient. I think with the new skills being a charter school has taught him will serve him well going back to brick and mortar public school. Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #33 I came across this video that hit home for me. I needed to hear what Cy Wakeman was saying. My favorite quote from this is “Everyone knows what great looks like, unfortunately, we use it to judge other people by, instead of calling ourselves up to greatness." Blog Challenge "100 posts in 100 days" Post #32
I serve on a non-profit board, and I recently expressed my interest in taking on a more significant role which sparked the need for the board president to have a conversation around professional development with me. My opinion, feedback is a necessary component of life, especially at work. I don't want to walk around like a dummy blissfully ignorant that everyone around me knows this thing that I need to work on, but no one has told me. Still, I have this whole process that I have to follow to receive the feedback. I care about my development, and I always want to be working to become a better version of myself, and that means I need to be able to take criticism and feedback constructively. I haven't always been good at receiving feedback, but I have improved over the years thanks in large part to being prepared to have hard conversations. I know that it's going to be uncomfortable and awkward and I'm not going to love the feeling in the pit of my stomach and as bad as I want to defend myself, try to explain or make excuses, that is not going to get me to the results I want. That is playing the short game and success is in the long game. So instead of taking it personally, I think of it as a skill that is not currently in my toolbox but that I am capable of learning if I'm willing. |
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