It's all about perspective...and enjoying some cookies, too
I'm noticing a pattern: when I start to spend a little too much time on one thing and neglect everything else that's a part of my life, I get cranky, whiny, stressed, paranoid and overly indulgent in negative thoughts. Basically, I need to do more of pretty much everything else and keep teaching in the background. When I let my teaching job come to the forefront of everything, I let little stupid things get to me. Maybe a look a parent or student gave me, their tone of voice, or perhaps even something they said that I read into a little too much. I REALLY appreciate the comments you guys left me and for the varying thoughts after my last post; the conclusion I've come to is that, yes, I'm still evolving, still growing as a person, a musician and a teacher and I need to quickly remove any notion that there is an end in sight for it all. There will always be room for modification, for improvement and I have to understand that that is not the same as saying ...