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I'm using the template I used the last time. 10/12/24 - 7/1/25 "L" will stand for the (last) plan/notes for this term. "T" will stand for done this term. I added "Future goals/direction" to better reflect on the things I am trying to do and to add specificity. I will copy it and stick it somewhere where I can see it to remind myself whenever I feel aimless. I will also use different colors: blue for newly added goals/habits, green for completed/successful, orange for ongoing/some progress and red for ones I haven't worked on in that period. Books/Reading articles/Learning: L: I however do think I made good progress in educating myself through chats, meetings and Reddit with other English lecturers. Read up on my sub-reddits about finance again. I also read a short and a very insightful book about language lecturing. Gonna borrow a book about health today. T: Spent some time reading on Reddit again, scanning for any relevant information. I'm almost finished with "Outlive" by Attia. I can say it sparked more interest about health, exercise and fitness in general. Possible direction/goals: (Borrow) and read one book until the next monthly report. Family: L: Managed to get to my grandma's kitchen twice with my friend and my father. Most of the old furniture has been eliminated. Now we just need to install the sink/sink cabinet and one more drawer cabinet. I also visited a Korean grill restaurant with my brother to try something new 馃檪 T: I went to the theater with my mom and made some family visits as usual. My father and my brother took turns to work on the grandma's kitchen and it seems like we're really nearing the end. NOT: I don't want to get alienated from my family. Possible direction/goals: Work on getting the new kitchen for my grandma. Continue work on maintaining the relationships with my family. Business/English: L: I have the CELTA certificate at home now! I also improved my financial planning by implementing new tools. I also worked on writing some of my new website and worked with my web-designer. Section with the split of lessons (my own/language school) deleted. Feels good! I've had this goal for the last two/three years and now it's reality. I had nearly 20 hours of lessons last week and just 1 for language schools. I'm happy 馃槃 The website improvement project is still ongoing, though not much work was done in the last month. The web-designer just asks me a thing or two every week; I assume he has enough work on other projects too. Truth be told, the ball was sometimes on my side and it took me a few days to supply something. It's OK though, because I know I'm doing something for my future career development. Other than that, it's standard Reddit reading about other teachers' experience, students finishing and starting, admin and preparation. T: Worked on the new website again with the web-designer. Sent out the bi-yearly questionnaires to my students. After sending out the questionnaires, I went for a holiday to Balearic Islands with my girlfriend. After coming back, I felt very excited to work with my students again! I contacted some of my old students and I signed up for a course organized and run by a coach I cooperated with in the past at the university and that paid for by the government. I hope the application goes through 馃檪 NOT: I don't want to have a job that I don't enjoy. I don't want to have a job that is not well paid. Possible direction/goals: With my job position and student demand secure, I'm more able and willing to reschedule or even cancel classes in case I want to do something, mainly in the evening and for holidays. I enjoy having this option thoroughly. Keep classes at a stable 20-25 hours a week. Keep asking for reviews or recommendations from students. Look into strategies to become truly self-employed by skipping the agencies in between. - check university offers after CELTA Create a learning plan for myself. - going to CELTA Go through "lecturer academy" + CELTA materials. Networking and business events. Past projects: Questionnaire - June 2023 Fixed logos on my website for better visuals. Updated the pricing section of my website. Variable/tiered pricing (do in July/August). Got minor pay raises from language schools. - summer 2023 Did evaluations/testing of my students, if required. Attended one networking event and one marketing seminar. Introduced "phone call" classes. Update website/business profiles with "phone calls". Lecturer academy Brona. - fall 2023 Sample business contract on my website. - update the web with new ideas before July Google sheets system for students. - update it Questionnaire part 2 - January 2024 Canceled agency courses - March Taxes - April/May 60/55 minutes online transition - April/May Questionnaire part 3 - June CELTA - July 2024 Contacted old students with offers - Aug/Sep 2024 Raised prices - from Sep Website improvement project - from Aug reading business books - Vlach, Gramel Questionnaire part 4 - Jan 25 Exercise/Movement: L: These days, I normally manage 1-2x exercise sessions (or runs) and 1-2x stretching sessions. All that along with some hikes at the weekend and regular walks once or twice a day. My blood pressure is somewhat elevated, but not in need of medication. I have another appointment on the 19th to check up with the doctor. T: Exercise is about the same as it was the last month. The appointment went alright, though I am going for another test later this month. Went to donate blood plasma twice as well, so I assume my health is alright, as they need to do checks. NOT: I don't want to become fat. Possible direction/goals: I enjoy the fact I do not have to be "actively" dealing with this area of my life, as it's technically a part of my job. I just have to be on lookout if that was to change. Keep in shape. --- My hobbies are: personal finance, graphs/projections/statistics, gunnery, GIS/statistics, reading/videos about (modern) history, English, working on my business, blogging/writing, geography. This month, I did these cool activities: going for holiday with my girlfriend, baking christmas sweets with my girlfriend, visiting the theater with my mom, having a board-game night with friends, visiting my friends, working on my relationship with my girlfriend (7 Principles), reading about finance, reading about English. Spent less time at the computer too. --- For thought: Maybe I should just learn to plan better, though just the thought of having some hours of my day scheduled makes me cringe. Oddly enough, I don't get this feeling while planning lessons of my students, normally in bigger blocks. Maybe I should rethink that belief to make me happier. I've had this recurring thought every now and then that I am often somehow prevented from what I want to do in my free time; basically whenever I am not with students or sleeping. --- Goals/resolutions/aspirations for 2024: Main must-have plans for 2024: Prepare for (Feb-June) and successfully make (July-August) the CELTA certificate course. Finish the university in January. In case something goes horribly wrong, then in May. I've got this. Move in with my girlfriend in April. Set up the new kitchen for my grandma. Optional nice-to-have plans for 2024: Re-start my financial blog in February. Learn how to type with all ten fingers on the keyboard. Habits: Stop watching porn (again). Start getting up when my alarm rings = Put my alarm across the room. Establish flossing at least once a week. Exercise regularly. Continue: planning, walking/exercising, writing/journaling, reading, working on good life/work balance. It's a short list, but if I manage all of it, I will be happy. ---
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Entry 6.1 Day 828: No Useless Videos Day 826: Sticking to Food schedule Day 429: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 132: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Outof bed at 06 12 or so -entered shower right after food once again -Writing 3 daily goals to a friend once again 1 Thing I could do better -I spent about 2.5 hours looking through games. The urge to play is ginormous. The game that is most calling is samp. Although I've looked at other games including dwar, heroeswm, izrasodiers, Minecraft, rf online. That's even though I've managed to wake up early and got into shower second day in a row. What am I lacking? -A sense of progress? -Challenge? -Social? -Escape? I mean I haven't earned a dime the last 4.5 months. And it seems like I'm extremely slow in my progress on content. I did start writing daily goals to an old (gaming) friend, though he doesn'tplay long ago as far as I'm aware. I have been escaping into news reading for a while now.. And challenge is the one thing i guess i wasn't lacking ever. Because i do daily workouts, cold showers, i do a weekly 40+ hour fast, i stick to a very strict diet for years. I guess it comes down to the fact that I'm not making money, or that I'm losing belief in my yearly goal of staying in pain to produce me 2000Eur monthly, could it be? I really do not know, I just know that the urge is strong. If i give in it's basically throwing all my dreams away, even one moment, because this kryptonite will take over my life in seconds. Perhaps I should go to Murcia to further look into garage investments.... To feel a bit more progress on something.... Cause even though all the things i described above are somewhat challenging, I've mostly been doing them over and over again, not stretching my limits, and I guess I need some activity to stretch my limits? I don't know.... Anyway I'm approaching the 23:15 deadline of sleeping, so I'm going to stop this entry now. I don't know what i have to do, but something must be done soon. I think this something is learning duolingo for now instead of looking at gamingwesites and content when i feel the urge.
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Entry 5.1 Day 827: No Useless Videos Day 825: Sticking to Food schedule Day 428: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 131: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Entered shower at 19 00 right after food as planned -When legs started to hurt as result of digestion, blood leaving legs + cold, taken heating device as I've long been planning and writing about here, even though I'm super afraid of "comfort" and this is a "change in identity" for me. -Writing 3 daily goals to a friend 1 Thing I could do better -Wake up earlier so that i start eating earlier and reduce the load of the food on my digestion system by spreading the meals and not stuffing them all together
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Entry 4.1 (Written on 5.1) Day 826: No Useless Videos Day 824: Sticking to Food schedule Day 427: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 130: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Out of home at 09 03 to maintain my word to my apartment mate that I'll be working out at 09 00 ( 3 minutes late though ) -cleaning kitchen (window + stove) -Eating fruit as i prepare food, thus finishing the meal earlier 1 Thing I could do better -Try starting evening routine right after I finish dinner and see how I feel, cause sleepiness takes 30 minutes or so to kick in...
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17 Dec - 3 Jan: I've had this recurring thought every now and then that I am often somehow prevented from what I want to do in my free time; basically whenever I am not with students or sleeping. I don't think the activities I'm missing are unimportant either. I'd like to read more, exercise more, work on my business more, floss more or journal more. I really miss doing the things, it's not about hitting some arbitrary benchmarks of hours exercised or money made. I can also say that I am better at the mentioned activities than I was a year ago - I'm more effective at work, I started exercising and I make time to read more often. Distractions vary, but I ultimately believe I have the power to manage them in a way that makes sense. I just hate being distracted and not being able to focus. I feel like my day just wasted away if I don't have a regular dose of these sessions. Maybe I should just learn to plan better, though just the thought of having some hours of my day scheduled makes me cringe. Oddly enough, I don't get this feeling while planning lessons of my students, normally in bigger blocks. Maybe I should rethink that belief to make me happier. As for the activities over the last two weeks: I did some reading, meeting with friends, went to cardiology, questionnaire, week-long trip to Mallorca with my girlfriend, got my financial spreadsheets updated, met my family, watched films and series with my girlfriend.
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