People seek the perfect work/life balance as if it were the fountain of youth. In a profession such as teaching, people long for the ability to come home from work without bringing work home withContinue reading
Month: March 2018
Running Deeper – Base Building Week 5 of 6
A few things, once again, got in the way of a full work out as I had once imagined when I wrote out the base building training plan. For the things that happened, I wouldContinue reading
For the Love of Books.
On the first day of March I found myself in a conference room at Furman attending the Furman Consortium, listening to Penny Kittle speak and becoming inspired beyond what I could have ever forecasted. IContinue reading
Running Deeper – Week 4 of 6
Various life events have shaped my training for the past week, as they have the tendency to do. Things are moving towards marathon training and I think I might finally be ready to really diveContinue reading
Perpetually Overwhelmed
Recent weeks have both confirmed my decision to return to teaching and to dive deep while doing so and caused me to question how much I can maintain without collapsing under the pressure. Unlike myContinue reading
Running Deeper – Base Building Week 3 of 6
This week illustrated the difficulty I have found in the proverbial work/life balance. This week also illuminated the tremendous drain that emotional taxing situations have on a body physically. I am thankful for the opportunityContinue reading
Procrastination Elimination – Something Has to Change
I started this year knowing that something needs to change if I want to achieve real change and growth. Recently, I identified one of the biggest stumbling blocks in my path, something I always knewContinue reading
Running Deeper – Base Building Week 2 of 6
This week took an unexpected twist and ended up not being deeper in the sense of mileage but definitely deeper in the sense of reflection. Let’s start with the one day that went according toContinue reading
Run Hard Columbia Half Marathon 2018 Race Recap
Race #143 Half Marathon #47 South Carolina Half Marathon #34 2018 Race #4 2018 Half Marathon #3 Run Hard Columbia Half Marathon #1 At one point earlier this week, I wondered if I would makeContinue reading