Hi.
Thanks so much for being in school today - it is never easy returning to a schedule. No fun at all. But we did it!
Tonight, please fill out your Daily Journal Calendar. I handed this out in class, so if you were absent, just see me tomorrow. I expect your calendar to have key words for the entries you've written.
And in case you still don't believe in the power of the written word, check out this Upworthy article that a beloved shared with me.
In addition to your calendar, I would like you to write a letter to yourself that contains...well...anything you'd like. (Goals for 2016, thoughts, worries, questions, etc.) Bring it to class on Friday in a sealed envelope with your name and class period on the outside. I will "deliver" these letters to you the last week of school.
TED Talk tomorrow and another day of becoming!
xoxo
"Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard, No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things have befallen you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out." ~Cheryl Strayed
It's going to be really interesting reading these letters at the end of the year...
ReplyDeleteCan't wait. Loved to get back into the swing of things with your class.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see if I stick to my resolutions. I think that the letter will be a good incentive.
ReplyDeleteI loved that quote you read in class!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the letters! Excited for when I get to read mine later on.
ReplyDeleteAyyyyyyyy I read that chapter!!
ReplyDeleteFreshman year, one of our English teacher did a similar thing to the letter but was an email to ourselves, sent to us the day of our graduation
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