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Question Re: Dating Later in Life

This question was asked to me yesterday by my good friend Ty.  Here’s what he asked:

Do you think that the later in life you start dating, the easier it is for you to fall in love?

Ty and I hypothesized that it probably is easier to fall in love because you may not have the same emotional baggage as people who began dating earlier in life and have gone through some bad situations.  At the same time, we thought that beginning to date later in life could be problematic because as you get older the proverbial clock starts to tick, and with every person, there’s the hope that they could be “the one”.  Between that hope, and the naivete that a person has regarding relationships, they could be much more easily hurt than someone who’s been through some relationships and knows how to navigate them in a healthy way.

But now, I pose the question for you:

Do you think that the later in life you start dating, the easier it is for you to fall in love?


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Week Two: Complete

It’s crazy that I’ve completed two weeks at the job, but I have yet to teach a single class.  Yesterday marked the end of our in-service training, and on Monday, we’ll begin teaching classes.  Monday.  It’s coming so fast.

This week we went through a FranklinCovey training on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and it was AWESOME.  I’ve never read the book, but after the workshop, I’m definitely going to apply the principles to my life.  The book is also on my “Books to Buy/Read” list (which gets LONGER by the minute), and I would encourage you to check it out too.

So, my teaching career starts in about two days…and I think I’m feeling OKAY about it.  I might be fooling myself, because there’s SO. MUCH. TO. DO…but I definitely feel better than I felt before.  My middle school team is pretty cool, and one thing that I learned from the workshop is that teachers are the WORST students.  If you’ve ever been around a group of teachers, then you already know.  If there are any teachers reading this, just observe your faculty meetings.  I promise that you’ll see characteristics of your students that drive you crazy in your coworkers.  In a strange way it’s comforting, because you see that even with those characteristics that make you want to throw a textbook across the room, the person can still grow up and become a productive citizen that contributes to society.

Anyhow, I have a LOT more in my head, but I’ve got even more on my plate of things to do…so I’m going to tackle that.  Wish me luck!