Kicking Off 2016 with Projects and a Trip!

This post was actually started before the last one, so I thought I'd finish it:

So here I am, after a week of intense curriculum design and polish.

Yes, I'm back to producing curriculum again, this time for a company I've been working with for the past decade or so.

My main job is actually to revamp, update and polish the existing curriculum (and I think it's high time to do so). Apart from that, I'm being asked to take charge of the running of a 12-week long project at one of our local secondary schools.

Truth be told, I've never been particularly interested in project management, despite having done it in varying capacities over the past ten years. Nevertheless, new year, new experiences. 

There will also be a 30-week long project at a different school that requires quite a bit of research, planning and logistics. For this, I'll be working alongside the overall project manager so I won't need to feel too stressed.

Trying to get as much as done as possible before I fly off to Vietnam next week so I may be curriculum-ing through the weekend. Not the way I really want to spend my weekend, but it pays the bills, so let's get through this!

Avalanche of Stuff To Do

Sometimes, I don't know if it's good to be so busy.

The year has barely begun and I am swamped with stuff to do.

1) Finish up my book - The Introvert Teacher

2) Put the finishing touches on my jewellery business

3) Project Co-ordinator for a project with a local secondary school (12 weeks)

4) Project co-co-ordinator for a project with another local secondary school (30 weeks!)

5) Speak to a contact about corporate training

6) Get my finances in order

7) Get back to music ministry in March

8) Kickstart a Young Adults' ministry

Wow. It looks like I don't have to worry about not having anything to do in 2016. This is going to be a busy year.

One thing I've learned about busy times is: take it one step at a time. 

And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

A New Year Has Dawned!

It's a little late but better late than never, eh?

Happy New Year to you. I hope that this will be a year of fruitfulness, joy and learning for you and yours.

The main reason that this post is so late is that I spent the past few days mainly at home, down with some pretty severe food poisoning. I have absolutely no idea what brought it on but it's no way to start the new year.

Nevertheless, it's subsiding and my brain is functioning more normally now so I can type properly.

As a follow-up to my previous post, I decided that my Word of the Year for 2016 will be 'Speak'.

I intend to:

a) Become a true-blue professional Speaker (finally!)

b) Speak for necessary change

c) Speak, not just talk

d) Speak to new contacts and networks

Thinking about my Word of the Year 2016

Having never believed in the premise nor efficacy of new year resolutions, I never made them. As an alternative to this rather banal practice, I came across the idea of having a word to sum up the direction that the coming year should take.

For example, perhaps someone chooses the word "door" for their WotY. It could mean that he/she wishes to explore new opportunities or work towards making new connections in the coming year - the opening of new doors. It could also mean that he/she wants to close the doors to past hurts and negative experiences.

What should my Word of the Year for 2016 be?