2016 has been a successful year in my teaching profession and personal life. Valuable lessons learned over the year would include the necessity of cultivating and maintaining a balanced lifestyle and also learning what ‘mindfulness’ meant for me.
January 1st, 2016, I challenged myself to blog weekly about passionate topics that were compelling, engaging and memorable. Some ideas came from daily interactions with family, friends, colleagues, world news, travel and books read throughout the year. Writing a blog has allowed me to become reflective, a better reader and writer.
Geoffrey Rush, an Oscar winning actor recently said, “In his career two things have been important…credibility and visibility.” One day it is my aspiration that I will become known through some of my writings.
It is vital to engage in daily physical exercise and it’s just as important to stimulate our mind through reading and writing. I have pursued my passion with expressing myself through topics that resonated with my interests and hopefully my blog will inspire others to enrich their lives in the upcoming year 2017.
Uncommon Beauty in Writing 