Hello world!

Hi! My name is Lauren and I'm working towards becoming a secondary-level English teacher. For me, this means pursuing a masters in teaching. I'm super excited about this journey, and even though I know it will be challenging, I firmly believe it will be worth it.

I came to the realization that I was meant to be a teacher after a year of working the corporate world. Now please, don't jump to any conclusions! I really did love the company I was at, but like any large organization there was a lot of drone-like things about it and its culture. I really loved the concept of what I was doing, and I would have liked to stay longer, but the day to day life was just not for me. And I realized that I had many reasons to stay, but none of them included a passion for my profession.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized how opinionated about education I am. I realized that I love working with and helping people. I found myself daydreaming about innovative and fun ways to teach. When I envisioned a possible career in this field, I saw real goals and attributes that I could aspire to.

And so here we are. I've always wanted to start a blog, even before I knew that I wanted to become a teacher. The ideas spanned across a multitude of themes -- kind of the way my brain works! But of course, I never got around to really trying to document those ideas, and it all seemed too all over-the-place to actually try. Let's face it: I was intimidated! And I still am! But what the heck - let's go for it.