Within the past year I put the wraps on a portion of my career that included over 30 years in school leadership and administration. Each successive position pulled me more away from directly serving the students to indirectly serving them through the business side of a school. My passion, what really gets my blood boiling, is my life-long love of learning. Now I have some more time to dedicate to my passion.
I have always been someone who craves learning but even more I love to share that learning. Now with a little more time available, I thought blogging was one way to get my ideas out to a wider audience. But frankly, I found the idea of the public sharing a little scary, no really I found it extremely scary. Interestingly enough it was two blog posts that convinced me to take a leap and get started. Posts by Mandy Froehlich https://mandyfroehlich.com/2017/10/27/what-is-the-point-in-blogging/amp/ and George Couros https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7909gave me the needed push to begin.
My reasons for blogging probably match many other’s. Lots of input and no output makes for a very full mind. There are so many resources that are so available that consuming new ideas, information and materials could be a full time pursuit. One of the reasons that I am blogging is to create one area of output. I hope by getting thoughts penned to paper, or to a blog post, will help my to clarify those thoughts, to have a path to articulate thoughts and ideas, and to put those thoughts and ideas out to the broader community for feedback. I do think that being a reflective practitioner is essential to ongoing personal growth no matter what the field of endeavor; I am hoping that blogging will provide another path for that reflection. Finally, the scary part of blogging is being stretched out of my comfort zone. Growth can occur due to many different reasons, being stretched and pulled certainly is one way. So here goes the leap!