<font color="purple">Q1: How much social activity should a person have?</font>
<font color="green">Q2: How should I feel about not doing as much as I think I should for the class I teach?</font>
1. It seems I don't need a lot of external socializing. I've read, however, that people who have supportive, loving social connections are generally happier. I want to be happy.
I go to prayer once a week. In a week or two, when I have my furniture and clothing, I have a whole list of activities I plan to try out now that I live in a more lively metro area . In fact, I had to prioritize the list -- because I realized that I would not be able to do everything on my list all at once.
I feel as if my life is "on hold". I teach and do my online training course. But given that I'm arranging various renovation activities, have to be here for the service guys, and am living on an air mattress on the floor with my computer, and suitcases and boxes as dresser drawers -- that takes up all my time, period.
Q2: I am teaching at a community college, whereas I used to teach at a 4-year university. The pay is bad. The textbook is boring. I hate to say that I "know" everything that is in it. But it would be pretty sad if I didn't.
The publisher has tons and tons of teaching aids. Videos and exercises, and even the teaching objectives all written out. I scan the chapters to make sure I understand how the info is organized and brush up. I pick a few activities to teach the most important concepts.
But I don't write out teaching plans with learning objective and behavioral goals and how each exercise teaches to that goal. I don't write out speaking outlines. I just go in and do what feels like "winging it."
When I sit down to do the whole lesson planning thing, my mind wanders -- and I find that I have some block to it.
I feel as if I
should but doing more. But it's pretty hard to get worked up over it. I wouldn't like to lose the job, but losing a poor paying job isn't the most terrifying prospect I've had to face in life.
Comments?