From the Playground

I was feeling grateful while reading an article that reflected on whether teaching was stunting other passions by Patrick Harris. Throughout it, I felt affirmed and validated in my own decade and a half experience from being busy all of the time to finding the time for the other things I care deeply about such as writing and creating. Read more from the article that inspired this one below:

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-04-19-teaching-was-my-dream-now-i-wonder-if-it-is-stunting-my-other-passions?utm_content=bufferf4348&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR18U63ZQwkwP3a_2tM771EmZeAsYiS4NGu0WhfWV2qT10oyd82VRpx4_zk_aem_Abqmh2jVcD5Z8Y81BQQV20Lz1Yohr_LK4mfgNGZ1E9ifkJ4j61ONGTDG77F0xvWQ6Wx_aI-FC1Gfzlxj8bSkOJcp

Teaching just like receiving an “F” or a zero on a paper can literally “suck the life out of you” in the words of Rita Pierson but a “plus two” or being in pursuit of your passions / what you care about can fill you back up a bit.

The dilemma all comes down to having no time to pursue the other things that you love.

The top three for me are: reading, creating and travel. 

That is what I intend to keep on doing.