An Introduction - SOL 2021 Day 1

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I love a good routine. I love step-by-step directions. I love patterns. I love rhythm. I love to know exactly what to expect, when to expect it, and how long I can expect it to last.

I am the person who still tried to use a planner in 2020.

Last year, I tried to plan my Slices. I tried to have an overarching theme so that I never got to the end of the day and thought, "I have no idea what I'm going to Slice about." 

It was a plan, a routine, and it let me know what I could expect from myself.

Then, March 2020 happened. The theme went out the window and I spent most of my revising time trying to make everything seem less melodramatic.

I tell my middle schoolers not to get too ahead of themselves so they don't have to backtrack. 

I tell my students to be patient and trust the process. 

I tell my students to be brave and take risks.

I guess I've learned all of that over the past year, too.

This year, I have no plan going into this. I will be taking it day-by-day...but I guess that's some of the point of it, isn't it?

Day by day, step by step.

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