1/8/18
That’s fortuitous, one eight one eight. Good day to start a new monthly newsletter.
Thanks for joining YOUTH Positive on our grand adventure for 2018!
But rather, The Year of Who You Are Now is Enough.
Of course we all have ideas of how our lives would be better if only we were more _______ (fill in the blank), or had more or better _______, or were less ______, or didn't have to deal with _______ (fill in these blanks too).
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In the school year of 2011-12, I began an informal study of Positive Psychology with a professor from Oregon State University in Corvallis. I was fascinated. And I loved everything he taught and explained. As I applied the teachings, I marveled at the ways that those teachings affected my life.
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A gratitude practice is one of my all time favorites. It’s part of me, like my blood and my mitochondria and my DNA are part of me. From an early age, I’d say the cradle, gratitude has been an everyday event.
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It seems that mostly every one that I talk to about education these days thinks it's time for big, big changes. It probably is. Things are always changing. Sometimes for the better. And sometimes not.
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Where did it go? Thanksgiving flew by. Then there was the rush to get ready for Christmas. Christmas came and went in a storm, literally for us on the eastern slope of the Sierras. And figuratively as well, a storm of wrapping paper and ribbons, candy cane and sugar cookies, and ham dinner that lasted a blissfully long time. A beautiful storm of family visits and reconnecting with dear friends. And then the peace that comes after the torrent subsides.
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I so love a high school classroom! What an amazing place to spend hours and days of life. At the beginning of October I was fortunate enough to spend the first period of the day with the Executive Mentors at North Valleys High School. (A big thank you and shout out to Principal Curtis and Ms. Shaw and her students for welcoming me.)
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Oh the big event! So much preparation: copies to be made, business and rack cards, a poster, receipts, the whole nine yards. And what fun. Mostly because I got to meet so many interesting people and fellow authors.
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Schools in the Biggest Little City in the World have started! It's an early end to summer. I can only encourage students and teachers to make the best of it.
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A small printing of YOUTH Positive was just the first step to getting it out to the world. Work on the second edition is in progress. Stand by for information on how to purchase your own copy for $19.95.
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