It's been a while!
I was never able to complete my list of things, as a teacher, that I complete in a day as I had planned and for that I am sorry!
A lot has happened in two years. I found out not long after I had posted last (about my upcoming 'teacher to do list'), that I was pregnant with our second child. It was unexpected and I was very worried for what this meant for my family and my career.
During my pregnancy and after giving birth (end of 2015-mid 2016), I was unaware that I had been battling Major Depressive Disorder. I lacked the desire to do anything that I had previously enjoyed. I was bed ridden for days at a time. I will stop there because I could be here forever. I chose to leave my, then, school of 3 1/2 years because I thought that it was the workload. I took a job at a new school with promising plans for support and stability. Things did not change in my world. I was diagnosed in April 2017 and it made SO MUCH sense. Major Depressive Disorder is essentially general depression on CRACK. More aggressive and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once I was properly diagnosed and treated, I slowly started becoming my old self and it felt wonderful.
Fast forward to May 2017. There is no tenure here anymore and I am an annual contract teacher. My contract was not renewed. Rather than seeking teacher positions elsewhere (I even had one offer and refused), I made the leap. I packed up my 6 years of teaching into a storage unit and haven't looked back. I had no clue what God had in store for my future and I was scared but I knew that I needed to spend more time with my family, including my growing little ones. I left teaching.
Here's why:
FAMILY COMES FIRST. I could not be a mother and a fire wife while working 60-80 hours a week. I refused to miss out on even one more second of precious time with my babies and my husband.
Mia is now 1 and an extremely intelligent, driven, feisty toddler. I didn't know I had room in my heart for another child; Joie (my 4 year old) was my whole world. Then Mia was born. This is what I am in this world... to be these amazing little girls' mommy.
And fast forward to exactly today. I teach my very first class as an independent contractor for VIPKID tomorrow at 7:30am. Did I mention I make my own schedule and work in my living room???
Here's my referral link if you guys want to check out what VIPKID is all about and become a VIPKID teacher!
https://t.vipkid.com.cn/?refereeId=5848416
God knew what he was doing. Although I walked with blind faith, he was there guiding me. I am so grateful for this opportunity to work with such a spectacular company!
So for now, my posts will be updates on my bookings; it takes a while to really build up a good clientele base and I want to be able to keep track of my time with VIPKID in hopes of helping others.
Thanks for listening and I apologize for the rambling in this one! Stay tuned for my progress through this new journey!
Jessica
hashtagteacherlife
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