On a beautiful sunny afternoon, while the children are outside at play, I have to ask myself a very important question: to read, or to clean?
Now that I am free of the bonds of a university, I find that I want to read and learn about so much. That is now that I have time that allows for me to choose what it is that I want to study, or what I will want to teach. For the last three years, I have been completing my bachelor’s degree in education. Education is the farthest thing that it has been for me. Yes, I did learn some things, but mostly what I learned was how to write a paper so that I could get an A. With that bit aside, the best thing about being done with school is the time to truly learn, now that my formal schooling is done.
As I look at my stack of books, and ponder on the videos that I can watch, if I have free time I can choose between learning about proper diet and exercise, or appropriate manners for a class that I will be teaching. Or I can look to my own personal studies of children’s yoga, and leadership education. I also have a book lying around for fun that usually has to wait until I read it at night, because I really should read through all of the policies and procedures of becoming a foster parent. So as the children ride their bikes, meet new neighbors, and enjoy the sun, I have some precious time to fill with something good. What and how much depends on how much I also have to do around the house. At least when I make the choice to clean, I can still be swept away to Paris, Rome, or Greece compliments of audible and the Count of Monte Cristo.
As I begin this blogging adventure, I welcome you to comment on what is it that you struggle with when choosing what to do when you have those spare moments of time in the day. Now that I have this, I guess that I have one more choice, and that is, do I write?
While I go through this journey of discovering what there is to learn, I would like to invite you to subscribe to my blog so that I can share it all with you. Not only what I learn through books, and videos, but through life. Because as it is said, life is the best teacher. Welcome to Leiloni’s Life Lessons.
This has always been the question, to read or to clean. I think I can learn from you. It’s important to take time for you and the house can wait.
Yes, the house can wait. I do go back and forth between wishing that my house was more clean, but honestly, they just mess up what I clean anyways. I have learned to settle with a clean kitchen, and everything else just being ok.
I think I am going to enjoy your blog. Happy for you to be finished with formal education. I never did well with formal ed, butove learning and reading. Enjoy.
I am the same way. I learned a lot by going back to school, but most of it was not from the classroom content.
I am just figuring out how this blog thing works.