Time Out

With many things in life, I have noticed, it is useful to take time out, and do something else.

I have taken off almost 5 days from language learning and reading up on,  and talking to other online teachers about,  online language teaching.



This break has been scary for me. Had I lost my enthusiasm? Was I completely offtrack? Why the silence within?

Yesterday,  I  woke up with my original ideas of the people and subject matter I was eager to teach, but now my ideas were more specific.  They had evolved without effort during my break.

Today, I pulled out my Spanish verb cards again, and  I listened to a YouTube channel  by Super Holly.

I also prepared for the women I have begun tutoring face-to-face. I  read up on dyslexia which I think is adding to the challenge for her of learning English.  I read and planned with focus and enthusiasm once more.

5 days of 'silence' created the space necessary for creative ideas to form as it were on their own - "organically".