Point of diminishing returns
Final run Yesterday, 10 days before the race, I decided that it would be my final run. It was without incident and I clocked in 13.5km at a slow pace. I couldn’t help but think about getting injured or my…
Category reflection
Replay – Can I get another chance?
Many of us wish we could get a do-over! That we could replay that night, that performance, that date, that trip, that relationship. When our youth passes us, we wish we could have it back, once more or….forever. If we…
What’s your value system?
it stands to reason that we can all define value differently depending on not just our culture but our status in society and probably age and gender as well. Those are the big ones anyway. So that begs the question - What's yours?
Dopełniacz has been vanquished – well, sort of
It took me over a month to complete the A1,A2 and B1 sections of the case in my Polish grammar book
Reaching a milestone
I’ve done it! 107 chin ups! 20min flat. It took about 18 months to accomplish it and I was in no rush. When I stopped the timer on my watch I raised my fist in victory because it felt like…
Experience is the best teacher
The youth think they know everything. They give us that look as though they are all-knowing and wise, they got google at their fingertips and there is no doubt they know much more than we did when we were their…
End of the year, beginning of the road
There are infinite possibilities in some places for some people in certain situations. I don’t feel them. I can’t comprehend infinite, or the universe expanding for that matter. I just try to accomplish what I set out to do. At…
Don’t overthink it
Don’t over-analyze either. Recently, I’ve had many students mention how they are afflicted with this and lose sleep as a result. Imagine it? What to do? How can we function throughout our days in such a dangerous state? When I…
The block- Speaking a second language
It’s a terrifying thing and it’s incredibly powerful. Many language learners experience it and it stays with them for quite some time. Many times, Polish people I’ve met have confessed that this is what is preventing them from real progress…
It’s all in the name!
I wish the naming of the web tool was something that took a couple of hours of work. That I could sit down, make some calculations or do some kind of tasks and after some effort and completion of some…
Communicating in our time
So I had a lesson on communication yesterday with a class and we were discussing which spoken and written forms of communication the students prefer to use and what problems they may encounter with different forms of writing and speaking.…
66 pull ups in 20 minutes
It starts with attitude and discipline. The discipline is going twice or three times a week to the bar and lifting yourself up as many times as you can in twenty minutes. The attitude is believing that you can do…
Running and teaching
Today I ran a half marathon faster than I ever thought I could. It was quite remarkable how I managed it considering that running for me is a gateway from work and stress more than anything else. I think I…
Total traffic jam
Traffic jams can be a good life lesson in how to stay calm, focused, and resilient in order to reach our destination or the goals we've set out to reach.
What is value?
It's an important question, and we should ask ourselves what we value because it shapes how we shop, our lifestyle, our work, our hobbies, our social circle, and well, everything really.