September was a very busy month, being back at school and working more than I thought I would be. As the month comes to an end I am starting to feel a bit worn out, so I want to reflect on a few highlights that happened during the month of September. I got to see my bestfriend who lives in Calgary and spent a few days with her and our partners in Scottsdale, Arizona. School started and although it has been busy, it has been exciting finally taking teaching specific courses and not just general study year one classes. It also has been a highlight doing observations on Wednesdays at a local school, my mentor teacher is so lovely and the students are a blast! Another big highlight is that my friend had her baby! Even though she lives in another province it has been so sweet recieving photos of her newborn and seeing how well they are doing.
A few things that I felt I lacked this month were my time management, excerice and proper nutrition. With time management I found a tool that seems to work well for tracking assignments and due dates, however I would like to get ahead of the work instead of just making the deadlines. For excercise I am a passholder at Lagree and I really love going, but I found myself cancelling classes more often than not so didn’t get to go as much as I would have liked to. I have definitely fallen off my proper nutrition, because I have been so busy it has been hard to find time to cook at home and meal prep. This has caused me to eat out a lot and have a higher salt intake than I would like.
With these in mind my October Resolutions are going to be as follows…
- Time Management: get AHEAD of the course work. When I have downtime read ahead, work on my blog, work on my sketchbook, start on assignments that aren’t due for another month. Try not to leave things to the week before but instead have it finished by the week before to lessen the amount of stress it causes leaving it last minute.
- Excercise: go to Lagree 20 times in the month of October. This is a fun goal because for the month of October Lagree is having a fitness challenge where you win prizes after taking 5, 10 and 20 classes in the month! This will mean that I will have to take early classes before school to ensure I hit my goal, so getting to bed early is also very important!
- Proper Nutrtion: meal prep and have ready to eat food available in the fridge. Because I find I live a very busy life it is hard to find the time to cook a full meal at home. Instead on a day off or an evening after school, meal prep for the week, have lunchs and dinners prepped and ready to grab to eliminate having to eat out so often when I’m in a rush to run out the door.