Clearly, I didn’t embrace my word from last year because it took me a while to remember it!

But this year…

Oh this year…

It’s going to be LUMINOUS!

There are so many great things on the horizon.  For the first time in my career, I feel like I’m not scrambling to keep up but rather, striving for excellence.

I have so many things I want to accomplish this year.

One of my goals for the year is to come up with a better way of cataloging the resources that I have gathered on Twitter, Google and through colleagues.  I always find so many great things I want to share and remember and I have no good way to collect them in one place! Ideas????

Another goal – to give myself more whitespace.  I have struggled with balance and finding time for everything in my life.  And I don’t even have kids!!! How do moms do it?  So it is time to figure out how to bring the ‘om’ and balance back into my life.  For real. Not just lip service.  Whitespace.

Lastly, I want to keep pushing myself.  I have grown so much professionally in the last few years and I am thankful for Wyoming, Twitter and LCSD#1 for giving me the tools and the push to grow.  I have great colleagues and even bigger challenges and I’m actually proud of who I am becoming as a teacher.

But I can ALWAYS get better!

So here’s to being LUMINOUS and shining bright this year and shining that light on everyone I learn from, work with, teach and collaborate with!

Happy 2017!

Rachel