A new beginning

So…I finally did it. I left the safety of my teaching career and put me and my family first. Am I terrified? Yes. Am I regretting my actions. Yep. However change can be scary so I am trying not to over react and to focus on the positives.

My list of positives:

1. I will not have to sacrifice every weekend, go to work at 6 am and leave at 6. Well hopefully not!

2. I will be able to actually spend quality time with my family instead of resenting being with them as it meant I couldn’t get my work done.

3. I will not have to be exposed to so many people- especially teenagers but also adults who acted like large teenagers. Oh and their parents.

4. I will be held accountable for what I achieve not judged on the success of others.

5. I can do what I love best. Reading. I will actually be able to read a book which is not on the curriculum, centred on or around teaching or self help.

6. I have more time to practise my French.

7. I have a loving and supportive family who will support me no matter how panicked and afraid I become.

8. I can sit on a sofa typing my blog and realise the boy has peed on it. I would not have had the opportunity to experience something so gross before.

9. I will not have lots of board markers scattered around the house which the boy used as his medium to create art on the bedroom wall.

10. I can spend time doing what I love. Being creative, thoughtful and curious.

Please think of me as I set out on this journey and perhaps oblige me with the odd comment of support. I may just need it…