What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?
The great thing about this new life of mine…a life post-grad school, post-stressful career is that I don’t know what my biggest challenge will be in the next six months. While I was in grad school, the challenge was my internship, or the comprehensive exam near the end of the program. As a principal, it was having enough students enrolled to make the budget, or hiring enough qualified staff. Even being a teacher had challenges. As someone who did a lot of extra things at school, a challenge could have been preparing for the accreditation review, or finishing the yearbook. So many challenges!
Now, with all of that behind me, the only challenge I see is the summer months where I will be supervising a kids’ summer program where I work. But even then, I will have a staff to support me and the challenge will end each day at 5:00 when I come home. So, it’s less of a challenge and more of some busy work days ahead.
Perhaps a challenge might be finding enough time to work on the book I’m writing. While the challenges of the past caused quite a bit of stress and anxiety, this challenge is a good one. If it begins to stress me out, I’ll change course and do something to not make it that way.
I love the fact that I can’t see anything big on the horizon. It’s a freedom that has been a long time coming.
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