My Hopes - for this blog

As a teacher I preach the benefits of writing all the time. Hopefully this blog will provide an opportunity for me to practice a little bit of what I preach. There are many things that I would like to accomplish through writing on a regular basis. Often I struggle to express myself succinctly and sometimes I think that may because I don't know how I feel or I haven't forced myself to think about a particular topic. So one of my goals is to explore how I feel and think about a variety of subjects. I'm tired of saying the same thing about certain topics. I don't necessary want to change my views, not that I am opposed to change, but I want to explore my reasoning for what I do, feel, and think. Forcing myself to put these "ideas" into words will greatly increase my tangible knowledge.
Another goal for this blog is to provide myself with a reflective journal. This could benefit my teaching, emotional growth, and general philosophies on life. Being able to look back on feelings can provide wonderful opportunities to learn from the past and adapt for the future. Based on this idea I image my topics will range from professional, family, girlfriend, friends, hatreds (I mean dislikes), loves, future, perceptions, & everything under the sun.
I am excited to see where this takes me or if it will take me anywhere. It is up to me. Hopefully this won't be one of the things that I say I like to do but don't do.