Personal Goals

I find that when I tell people my goals, I am much more likely to follow through on them.  That being said, here are my personal goals for the next few months.  This is just an overview, more details on each to come!

Finish Strong
I'm 4 weeks from the end of the school year...and so looking forward to summer break!  I do not want to coast into summer.  I want to work hard and finish strong.  The end of the year is just as important, if not more important than the beginning of the year.  If I slack off, so will my students.

Develop Good Habits
I am not a disciplined person.  I know this about myself, and I have slowly been working to change it.  Not an easy process, by the way!  Something I have discovered though, is that I am a creature of habit.  I fall into good and bad habits, and that is the way I live my life.  I want to purposely develop good habits, and purposely break bad habits.  The last few months have been about breaking bad habits, and now I need to fill my time with good habits, or else I will just fall back into the old ones.

Build Relationships
This was my New Year's Resolution, and I am still working on it.  I am focusing on building and strengthening current relationships, as well as starting new ones.  It's going slowly, but I am definitely making progress.  Yay me!

Spend Consistent Time with God
This one almost falls into my "good habits" goal.  I would like spending time with God to become a habit - something I am used to doing, and something I notice if I don't do.  I've already started to spend my drive to work with God, and I've definitely noticed when I miss it.  I know it's not an established habit yet, and I need to continue working at it daily.

Reflect
When I was in college, learning to be a teacher, I was told numerous times that the best teachers are reflective teachers.  They analyze their lessons, their students and themselves to see what could change - how are things and how could they be better?  I want to be that way in my life.  I want to reflect on my teaching, yes.  But, I also want to reflect on my relationships, my habits, my spending, my thoughts and beliefs, my small group, everything.  I want to spend time looking at my life, to ask how are things and how could they be better?

I wrote a few days ago that I am trying to blog every day.  That goal actually falls into my personal goals quite well.  It will require me to be disciplined, and it will give me an opportunity to reflect.

What are your personal goals? How are you going to act on those goals?