A Tweet of Inspiration: A Slice of Life

Writing teachers need to write themselves.

I am participating in the Slice of Life 2015 Challenge, 

where I attempt to write stories and narratives about moments in my life.

I apologize if this blog post veers off the informative "literacy lens" I usually write through.

This month I am pretending to be a writer, for my students' benefit (and my own).

Writers write. 

#SOL15

     Today, I struggled for inspiration.  Day 12 of the challenge, and I had nothing to write about.  As the day turned to night, I just really struggled to come up with something.  Today was just an off day for me, and I was struggling all day with my purpose.  Every now and again, I have a day where I struggle to find my place. With a weird schedule, and state testing that causes me anxiety, and perhaps the time change, this week has seemed less effective for me as a literacy coach.  Plus, I spilled coffee on myself 3 times today.  A trip to the park didn't even restore my balance.

     I got home, and turned the computer on, and logged into Blogger.  Nothing.

     I thought perhaps I would go to Two Writing Teachers and just read some other peoples' slices.  The first one I found was here:
http://misscollins606.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-12th-slice-of-life-my-vocation.html

"My object in living is to unite 

My avocation and my vocation"

-Robert Frost

    That quote just started to turn me right around!

    I love my job!  Sometimes I don't feel as effective as I would like to be, but that is just because I enjoy it so much and I want to do it well.  I do think education is the merger of my vocation and avocation, and Katy Collins described.  I would teach for free, though my husband would not approve of that.  I decided to go to Twitter and tweet that quote.  You know, spread some poetry and positive vibes from another #sol15 blogger.

     As soon as I got to Twitter, I started seeing the #g2great Twitter chat feed go.  I almost forgot it was Thursday!  My favorite chat of the week was happening, just when I needed it.  And it was about reflection!!!  Boy, do I know how to reflect.  Sometimes, especially on days like today, I reflect too much.  Time to go Good to Great! 

      I missed half of it, but thoroughly enjoyed the second half.  This was the tweet that got me out of my slump.  Be the change.  Hey, I can do that.  :)  Somehow, Dr. Howard always tweets the right things just when I need to read them.  

     So, there is my slice tonight.  Just a great Twitter chat recommendation, an inspirational quote from Robert Frost, and a mindset change.