I spent the last week of December writing a long, extensive list of goals for 2020. The goals encompassed all aspects of life. By January 1 I had 10 pages of personal, spiritual, professional, relational, financial and parenting goals. Some of the goals were task-oriented, others were more values-based. Either way, I was ready for 2020.
Then came the pandemic, tanking TpT sales and a sudden move. So while my values-based goals have become more relevant, my task-oriented goals have become less relevant. I’ve had to adjust my goals and expectations, and with the uncertainty looming over the 2020-2021 school year, more adjustment is sure to come.
So I’ve been revisiting my goals and taking a different approach. When envisioning the fall semester, I’m reflecting on how I want to be, over what I want to accomplish.
The first three words that came to mind were flexible, interruptible, and helpful.
- Flexible, because I really don’t know what the future holds.
- Interruptible, because uncertainty can give me tunnel-vision, and I need to come up for air sometimes.
- Helpful, because we’re all figuring out how to adapt (to digital learning, for instance), and rely on each other’s ideas.
What’s that phrase? “After all, we are human beings, not human doings?”
How has the pandemic changed your planning?
