Monday is my last session teaching creative writing. I was tentatively committed to teaching again in January. In January I was supposed to have twice as many students and all of them would be 1-3 years younger. Handling them in class would not be such a big deal. But there have been hours of typing and image editing involved in getting the stories ready for print. I can’t afford to give away 10 hours per week right now. In January I’ll be about ready to collapse from the stress of running shipping and layout for a book simultaneously. I need a space of time to stabilize my family after all of that. It is a relief to duck out of this. Being relieved makes me sad, because I did enjoy teaching the class. I loved working with the kids. I love the stories they wrote. But it is a stress I can eliminate, so I am going to eliminate it.
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Not to change your mind…but a thought for the future. You could teach the class and ask for parent volunteers to help type/edit the stories for print. I would rather do that part of it than teach the class. I’m proud of you for eliminating a current stress, though. 🙂
Definately reduce stress where possible.
Too many people start out saying “yes” to anything and everything. They tend to burn out and have problems. Choosing carefully what to say “yes” to is a great help in controlling your life. You’ve already specified your priorities here in this blog, so just review them from time to time and you can prune back some of the “overgrowth” that doesn’t fit your time and energy availability.