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What Are You Creating For?
I recently read a convicting article by Donald Miller, one of my favorite authors and bloggers. When I was looking through my Google Reader, (may it rest in peace one very sad day…) I was immediately grabbed by the title: The Difference Between an Artist and an Entertainer. It was then I experienced a brief identity crisis, thinking, “Oh gosh, which one am I?!” Shortly after, I found solace in Donald’s words. I encourage you to read his article linked above. As creatives, I will be the first to admit that it’s...
read more5 Ways To Be A Great Student
Students, I give you complete permission to procrastinate your homework for 10 minutes to read and absorb this post. Or maybe you aren’t doing your homework right now, in which I ask you to procrastinate procrastinating for a little bit. Teachers, for the most part, think you guys are great. We invest in your lives, and we love watching you grow into the people we dreamed you would be. (Or at least I do!) While we want you to understand our content and pass our class, we mostly just want you to take something, anything, from our lessons...
read moreWhy Instagram Makes Me Want To Live A More Beautiful Life
I take really mediocre pictures, probably because the only camera I own is my iPhone. But it’s OK, because Instagram makes me think I take beautiful, sometimes vintage, pictures. Picture Your Life Some people criticize those who use Instagram to post photos of their food, their coffee, their cats, their shoes, etc. We’ve all done it at some point. I definitely have. But when I reflect on that train of thought, my motives for posting such pictures were never to brag or make you feel like your food isn’t good,...
read moreWeave – More Than A Productivity App
If you are anything like myself, a to-do list is the only way to make it through the week without royally screwing something up. If it isn’t on the list, it isn’t happening. Or on occasion, if it is on the list, it will get done eventually. Since becoming an Apple disciple, I’ve tried the majority of all the free productivity apps to see which one I like best. My criteria for a good app is as follows: 1. It gives me the freedom to create different lists or categories to assign tasks to. 2. It allows me to sync between my...
read moreHow Blogging Can Help Your Private Lesson Studio
Since graduating, I have gotten back into teaching private lessons while I wait for a full time teaching position. Before I started, I began gathering and creating the materials I would need for my first lessons, such as my contact sheet. I found the document I previously used when I taught before graduate school, and noticed that I had a blurb about visiting my lesson blog. “Oh yeah, I have a lesson blog…I should probably use that again.” I opened up my WordPress.com account and there it was, my abandoned lesson blog. This...
read moreLM.com Face Lift!
I just made an appointment to get my hair cut because it needs some style…badly! My blog was in a similar situation. It looked OK, but it just wasn’t working for me anymore! I’ve been reading/studying Michael Hyatt’s Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World since Christmas. I realized that while my site was visually appealing and well-organized, to my standards, it didn’t give a good representation of my purpose. At the time, I didn’t know my blog’s purpose. In order to find the purpose, I had to...
read moreThanks, 2012!
Hello blog, let’s dust you off a little! It’s a new year, and I don’t want you to start it off all moldy and allergy-inducing! 2012 was great. I released my first album in February, played a few gigs here and there, wrote some guest articles, had an amazing student teaching experience, and finished my master’s degree. Yay for all of that! So what does 2013 bring? I wish I knew. The transition period from student life to professional life is a little awkward. Teaching jobs most likely will start appearing around April,...
read moreGuest Post on DevotionalDiva.com
I’m really excited to share with you a guest post I did on Renee Johnson Fisher’s blog, DevotionalDiva.com. She’s a Christian writer and speaker, and I have found her blog to be a happy mixture of encouraging, insightful, and at times, informative! For anyone who knows me well, they know my extreme obsession with the TV show Friends. I can pretty much relate any real life situation to an episode, since I’ve seen them all a million times (thank you syndication!). Naturally, I included a Friends reference in my post...
read moreGuest Post for Why I Teach
I’m excited to share a piece I wrote for Why I Teach, a site where educators share their stories. I think every educator as a unique story as to how they found themselves in the profession, and from perusing the website I’ve read a few interesting accounts! My story, while not at all jaw dropping or awe striking, is one that illustrates a typical young adult’s learning process; the long way. If you asked 7-year-old-Lindsay what she wanted to be when she grew up, teaching was never one of my ideas. To read my story, click...
read moreGuest Post: The Journal Junkie’s Guide to Journaling
This is a guest post by Susie Finney. She is a full-time missionary with Youth With A Mission in Tyler, Texas, working with the School of Bible. She blogs at www.missionsmusings.com, and be sure to follow her on Twitter! Ah, the joys of journaling. Grabbing a pen and a notebook, settling into a corner somewhere, and writing like crazy. Taking the time to observe life as it unfolds. Catching memories in the moment, so you can relish them forever. Sorting through life’s twists and turns and trying to make sense of it all. These...
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