Jasmine Nicole

There is harm in reminiscing too long. It’s good to reflect and think back on the past, but eventually the time comes where you have to move on.

Ironically, looking back on this year, has taught me that.

There’s beauty in honoring the past and understanding that the actions of yesterday laid the foundations of today, but I notice I tend to dwell on the bad.

Simply put, I have allowed the dirt of my past to tarnish the purity of my present.

I am two days away from finishing my first semester as a high school teacher and coming into this new journey I honored my past. The past 9 years that I’ve been an educator and felt confident that I would ease into this new start, but as soon as things got shaky, I dug up my mistakes and held too tight to them.

I let my mistakes and my mishaps tarnish the opportunities I had to start fresh. The passing semester means a new one is coming. Majority of my students will be new, they’ll be new lessons, and plenty of new opportunities to start over.

Inside, I admit I’m a little anxious and worried about what tomorrow will hold, but I’m confident that I can do this. I will be better. I won’t look back, but instead focus on what will come.

Make your lists, reflect on this year, but soon the time will come for a new start.