Day Thirteen: Learning New Things and Proud Teacher
Right now I have an awful headache so I'm hoping that thinking of all of today's positives will somehow magically make that go away! Got any tips for headaches besides popping a couple Tylenol?
So today I had my final therapy session with my latest therapist. I was so enjoying our sessions and am really sad to have to end our sessions so soon after getting started. It's the first time I've really felt like I was getting somewhere with it all. More on this in detail to come one day in a blog post if you like. But I wanted to talk about some of the things she left me with to think about. A couple nights ago I talked about how I was feeling really disappointed, and was getting frustrated with myself for feeling the way I was about it all. She and I talked about how to go about acknowledging those feelings without creating resistance to them. Why can't I just say "Hey I'm feeling pretty sad about this thing that happened." and let that be the end of the dialogue. So she gave me this piece of paper to remind myself next time I start working myself into a tizzy. A way to remind myself of why it's normal and justified to feel how I do, and to think about all the people who also would feel, or do feel this way as well. I'm going to put it up as a visual reminder so I can look it when I need it. Maybe you should write one for yourself too if you think it would be useful!
Today was the Christmas concert for my students and I have a photo of myself in my festive attire ready to see their hard work in concert. It was a long concert but they all did so well - even if there were words forgotten or songs that should have been memorized, they all got up there and that's hard enough for some people so I have to be proud of them no matter what. It's also a great learning opportunity for me as a teacher to see what translated from our lessons onto the stage. It's interesting because when I'm not able to attend the concerts, I have to trust my students when they tell me "It was good!" I am learning how to be a better teacher too by watching them perform and learning how I can improve myself as well as how I can help them to continue to grow.
Somewhere in between all of this I took a nap and had tea and scones with my lovely mother by her Christmas Tree. That's always a pretty good way to start the day. I had some other things on my list that I wanted to get done tonight...but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen because my head hurts and I am just very ready for my bed.
Good night friends!