Hey friends!

I’m writing this the day after the eclipse. It’s 77 degrees and sunny in New Jersey, and I just got back from a little walk.

And I had a thought…

The Setup

I feel like that lightbulb is a perfect representation for how I’ve been feeling recently. Unmotivated. A little depressed. In a slump. No energy.

Unless it’s my writing. I actually just finished my sixth rewrite and reread of the full manuscript, and I am making my next moves in the process! Hopefully, I have some exciting news about that soon.

For everything else, I’ve been having to depend pretty solidly on discipline. My sink is still overflowing with dishes though. There are some things I can’t be bothered with. Ha.

I’m about to upload the first pieces of a new unit to my TpT (Teacher’s Pay Teacher’s) store on Frankenstein. Click here to check out my store if you’re looking for ready made chapter by chapter materials and unit plans for the high school classroom.

But, I went and overwhelmed myself.

All the questions in my head started going wild. Is this good enough? Is this too much? Are people going to like this? Is this going to be helpful? Should I bundle all of this one set of resources together or is that too much?

Over and over my thoughts swirled and swirled until I got real honest with myself.

The Conclusion

“It’s whatever you want it to be.”

This felt really profound to me in the moment. Maybe it was because of the endorphins from my walk and the caffeine from my tea, but roll with me on this.

I want my TpT store to help teachers. I want to make teacher’s lives easier. But that doesn’t mean that I have to make my life harder.

And, really, nothing has to be that serious. It only gets serious when we are expecting the thing we are taking so seriously to do something.

I’ve written about this before. But I think it bears repeating. Just have fun. Have fun writing the blog. Have fun reading the book. Have fun trying the new thing. If all you had was fun doing it and it doesn’t make you money or get you closer to a goal or change your entire life, FUN, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS WORTH DOING THE THING.

I’m sorry to shout at you. I just got really excited because I think it’s so easy to lose sight of doing a thing simply for the fun of doing it.

So, today. I am going to remember my why, and I am going to release my hands from around my poor TpT store’s neck, and I am going to do and share for the fun of doing and sharing. And if it helps someone, well, isn’t that just wonderful?

Until next time, friends.