Today I made a shameless plea for encouragement or funny pictures to help me feel better about a shitty day and IT WAS SO AMAZING. Seriously, I’m thankful for my extended community right now.

I left work feeling kind of defeated, like I am a shitty teacher, and wondering what kind of job I should get. I don’t know what else I would want to do, because there is so much I love about my job… but sometimes I just wish I had a job that I didn’t think about all the time. Like, how great would it be to be able to leave my work and come home and make dinner and not think about grading or how to reach that reticent kid or how I could make this or that lesson better. Just come home and hang out and leave the work behind. Just come home and be able to be present at home.

I don’t know what else I want to do that would fit my skill set, though. Maybe I need to get some career counseling? I don’t know. Maybe I just need to be encouraged more. Maybe I need an encouragement counselor or coach or something. I need a cheerleader and an enforcer, like the fighter in hockey: someone messes with me and the enforcer comes out to set things straight. Maybe I just need some down time. That would definitely help.

But my community of friends on social media was amazing tonight. I feel kind of doofy with such a shameless plea, but I needed it so badly tonight and and I am so thankful that you are there.