Enough Is Enough

In my head, I have considered many options for this blog, some focused purely on giving it a cool song as a title and some focused on sounding sincere and bloggery (bloggerish? bloggeresque?). But I'm down to the waning hours of my weekend, and darn it, I am going to fit in an episode of "Game of Thrones," so I'm telling myself "Enough Is Enough."

Enough what?
Enough stewing.
Enough second-guessing.
Enough procrastinating.
Enough swirling in wishy-washy limbo.

I am a growth mindset girl to a fault.  Really, I like the idea of change and growth and progress, and I push myself in just about everything, but sometimes I push to the point that I wear myself and others out.  I want higher scores. I want more engagement. I want innovation.  But if I try to do it all at once, sometimes I miss the basics.

I miss slowing down and listening.  I miss sympathizing when kids are confused. I miss coaxing them gently instead of pushing them relentlessly.  I miss my own children asking for my time and my attention. I miss spending time with my family and friends. So this weekend I committed a bit more time to enjoying myself: A little colleague bonding on Friday with some great English teachers.  A little spin around the lake with my running community. A little Five Seconds of Summer concert with my daughter. A little Dallas Pride Parade today with the whole family.

Sometimes we have to acknowledge that we are doing enough.  In teaching, we can always do more. We can plan more lessons, make more calls, grade  more papers, attend more games, offer more tutoring sessions, create more amazing Homecoming outfits - there is always more to do.  But for tonight, I'm OK with enough...because at least I blogged, and I don't owe anyone a Sonic drink! Enjoy some 70s disco.  Like Hawk Pride, disco never dies.