Yes, I know, it’s still November for another day. But I also know that the last month of the year is hiding beneath this calendar page, taunting me, tempting me…
December is my last chance to complete my 2013 projects, my last chance to look back over the past year before planning the next one.
Yes, I failed miserably at losing weight this year. Still eating too much and exercising too little. I’ve tried a dozen things that haven’t worked. Yes, I admit that what really isn’t working is me.
No, I have not written as much this year as I had hoped and planned. But I understand why, and I’m prepared to make some necessary changes in 2014 to give me more “serious” writing time. I took one step recently and eliminated my kindergarten blog. It had the lowest readership and although it was fun, it just wasn’t worth keeping. The trend in education blogs is ideas and crafts and lessons plans, not philosophy.
Yes, I did finish two genealogy books this year. I’m happy that they will make other people happy.
Yes, I took more photos, and I’m very pleased with a few of them. Photography is good for me. It makes me more aware of my surroundings and takes me outside, even when I would rather stay inside. And I’m never sorry that I ventured out.
Yes, I worked in the garden more in 2013 than during the horrible hot summer before. I planted some new flowers and experimented with a few new techniques and “met” some more gardeners through the internet.
Yes, I’ve been a better, calmer, more efficient teacher this year…at least so far. I’ve tried some new methods and abandoned some things that no longer work for me or for my students. I even cleaned my classroom closet and tossed out some old, old teaching supplies. Times change and I must change with them.
And tomorrow the month changes…
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll put up our Christmas tree.
Next week I’ll start mailing Christmas cards and packages.
The two weeks after that will be a frenzy of school activities and our last party of the year.
Then it will be time to give serious thought to the plans and goals and projects of 2014. No, I don’t make resolutions. But I am just as influenced as the next person by that “magic” date on the calendar. A new year, new hopes, new plans…
Yes, the best laid plans…
No, I don’t know what lies in store for me…
Yes, I believe that God is in charge…
But still…
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