Thing #1

I would say for me that the most difficult of these 7.5 habits would oddly enough be Habit 1: Begin with the end in mind. I start off thinking, "Oh man! This is it! This is going to be great! This is going to be what changes things!" (Well, maybe not with that much enthusiasm.) But I do start off thinking about the end and what the benefits of learning something will be to me. However, after some time has gone by, I tend to loose sight of the end. Maybe it's because I get so caught up in learning it that I'm not taking time to see how far I've truly come. There are those times when I take a deep breath, look up and say, "Dang! When did I get this good at _____!?!" Those times are the best, but I don't think I have enough of those moments.

The easiest habit for me would be Habit 3: View problems as challenges. Maybe it's because as a kid I was always the one in Sunday School asking, "Why?" until I got an acceptable answer, or maybe it's because I'm the youngest of five boys who thrives on being the underdog (even though I don't often stay the underdog for long :P). Whatever the case may be, I not only love figure out the "why", but to own it and apply it after I've figured it out.

I hope to be brought up-to-date with the Web 2.0 tools. I hate to think that I might be heading toward getting stuck in a rut. It's always fun to learn about a little something new that can help you with your teaching or just help you as a person.

My experience setting up this blog was good. I already had a blog with Blogger before, this just made me dust off my account and put it to use again. I was shocked when I saw that I last used my old blog in 2009! The avatar is just down right fun. Who would have thought that a little cartoon me would make me think, "Man! I look a little weird as a cartoon."? Overall, fun stuff.