As I discussed in my yearly theme check-in a couple of weeks ago, I’ve essentially wrapped up my Year of Transition, and am looking at starting a seasonal theme.
I’ve decided to go with the one mentioned in that post: Season of Creativity.
There are a few things this means to me. First, my volunteer work in curriculum shouldn’t fade, but I want to reorient my efforts there. I’ve been doing the minimum amount of project management to help things run smoothly, when I should be writing new activities and relishing in the opportunity to keep writing math curriculum.
That curriculum work is not where it ends. I don’t guarantee my blog posts will improve as a result, but I’m hoping to have more creative endeavors outside the blog to discuss. The two I want to focus on are a new text adventure I’ve been toying with for over a month, and fleshing out ideas for a fuller campaign related to my Last Question RPG. With all this, I want to keep on my reading goals. That may mean another “short-story” NaNoWriMo, but that doesn’t bother me.
My intention is to give myself permission to have these creative efforts without feeling like I need to be grinding away at something else with more “tangible” benefits. These activities do improve my life, and if I’m unable feel comfortable going after what I’d like to do, then I’m failing in some other way.
So, let the Season of Creativity begin.