The first time a grant of mine was rejected it hurt. Like stubbing your toe in the night, a sense of ‘ahh whatever’. Today I had two grants rejected in a day but I did not stub my toe. Instead of thinking they were wrong and stupid, I can now reflect on how to improve my writing.
I am less phased by issues now which makes life much less stressful. Instead of focusing on things, I can’t control I am starting to focus on those I can. Took 28 years. I am interested to see what I start learning with this new lens/attitude.
I need to start to look at SEDA and ALT again to get involved with some more projects. Threw my hat into the ring on the accessibility project and a UNESCO project too. I spoke to some PGCE’s teachers and realised you don’t need a PhD to teach. This is so awesome so I will see what exists out there.
Alls’ well.