There are some moments in life where I believe that we all become disenchanted with a major portion of our lives. Over the last few weeks, I have gotten bummed out at work; I just haven't felt the drive and passion for history for a few weeks. Luckily, I was reminded by many people just how important my job is. I think that almost everybody has moments like that in their careers, a friend of mine helped me gain perspective. She helped me see why I enjoy teaching and gave me an outlet to my talents. She is currently taking a college history course and has needed some help along the way with perspective and defining some of the concepts ideas involved in early 20th century history. I decided to record my thoughts and send them along, this was like a huge spark of joy for me in a time of feeling burned out. Just the act of teaching and pouring out all of this information just filled me with joy. It reminded me to be thankful for the gift of gab that I have that allows me to be a good educator. It is all about the joy, no matter what you do, don't let the down times rob that from you.
Matt
Matt