September gets close to its end and after a different summer, we all go back to our daily routine...no matter how smoothly or not this happens, it constitutes a fact that we cannot deny and the best we can do is become familiar with it and provide all our energy to making the most of it.. How soon, however, will the " need for a change " arise? We have all heard ourselves uttering the all-time-classic-phrase : " I need a change", " I'm sick and tired of daily routine, work pressure (or unemployment pressure perhaps) makes my days look all the same".
The sun rises every Monday morning and and as it never disappoints us, it sets every evening and it doesn't take long until Friday comes. And it is on that Friday evening that we think: has one week flown away? I'd been so busy all week that did not have time to realise...and that's when we start believing we need a more exciting weekdays-life and start seeking for the desirable change.. My question, nevertheless, would be...how deeply do we wish for that change and how much do we really want it if we let weeks go by just like that? Are we ready for it and if so, why don't we just become that change?
Our need for change, is reflected everywhere and our lesson would not escape that. Are we making sure we bring change into our class or have we adopted some kind of routine that makes us , and many times our students, feel comfortable with it? How come when there is a change in what we have to do, a strange kind of discomfort suddenly appears? Are we so susceptible to change as we like to believe? Are we really, that much dissatisfied with our lives, lessons, relationships... or us asking for a change and never making it real is just mere moaning for nothing?
All I'm saying is that changing a slight, apparently trivial detail of our day can make a huge difference...and not doing it but just asking for it only confirms the fact that we are just happy the way things are. If we are dissatisfied with the progress of our learners, why not try a different path or approach? If we are not happy with the palce we live, the friends we have, the people around us, the way we address situations, why not make a try to open a new door to a new approach to everything? How easy is it for routine to become a comfortable room where we feel somehow safe, although not so happy about it? And does that room not have a door? It is not posssible because we have entered from somewhere, so there must be a way out.
I keep hearing people craving for a change and when that change is ofered to them , they start having second thoughts. And that's when I start wondering: Do they really need that change they ask for? Or , in reality, they get a little scared of changing and leaving the known paths that the current situation offers? Obviously, I then thought so about myself, my students, my school, my life. Everything sounds so obvious but it turns out that for somε people it is not.And I can not come to any conclusion apart from the one that tells me that if you really want it, just stop analysing every little detail and do it.Do not stop starting journeys then. Journeys only have to offer as long as we make the decision to sign up for them. If they don't turn out well, you'll just find the way out and open a new door. It doesn't need much strength. And if you find it hard to open a new door, you can always knock. Let life surprise you and,who knows...there might be someone there to open it for you!
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