Weak in direction

Wandering in thought
Diffident impulses

Waiting to be caught



Careless of failure

A broad range reception

Cast a wide net

Contemplate reflection



Immediate impression

Accepting anything

Start with a tiddler

From a little spring



Can’t be kept from thinking

Waiting for a nibble

Watch the river flow
Into an inky scribble

Inspired by part of the essay The Way of Writing by William Stafford

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Today I’m feeling:

Fairly invigorated and cautiously happy. I have a little tiredness behind my eyes.

I subscribed to a BetterMe exercise program and started it this morning. It was pretty straightforward with some new exercises for me. When I arrived at school my body felt great from the workout I had given it. Sitting in the cafe before my first class, though, I can feel a sluggishness coming on. Hopefully, my first class pep me up again.

Health:

Physical: 8
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

The BetterMe app.

A tip before subscribing: I searched for BetterMe promo codes and followed one of the links, which gave me a 50% discount. I then filled out the form required and submitted it, but didn’t respond to the email.

In the following 24 hours, I received a follow-up with a further incentive of 80% more discount. The price I am more than comfortable with.

I’m also going to figure out a way to save the workouts so I can continue using them after my subscription is completed – not forgetting to cancel it before being charged the full rate.

The best thing about today was:

I really enjoyed my quick afternoon grade 10 class where I turned the tables on them and asked them to make questions based in the text they saw on Monday.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

When I arrived at my grade 12 class this morning, they all cried that they wanted to go and help with things for Japan Day tomorrow.

I was also thinking about what I can ask my grade 8 students to do tomorrow, as they will definitely ask me to attend instead of studying.

So I figured to kill two birds with one stone and asked my grade 12 students to come up with ten tasks that I can ask the grade 8s to complete during the event.

They are smart enough and came up with them quickly and then went off to help. I went to the teacher’s room for a little while and when I came back to check on the room, all the students were there again, saying that there was nothing left for them to do!

I let them have free time rather than try to cram in some work for them.

Something I learned today?

I checked out the Bluesky app as it has been talked about as the new better Twitter but to me it just looked like a dumbed-down version of Substack, which I will stick with instead.

Review your acts, Good and bad.

It was Fah’s birthday today so I bought her a slice of cake.