You Say You Want a Resolution

Wow.  It's been a really long time since I posted anything here.  It feels great to be back.

Learning and sharing are passions of mine, and it pains me that an increase in the former led to a decrease in the latter.  Some of you may know that last year I decided to pursue a degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  The course is a four-semester gauntlet that includes three semesters of course work (last spring, summer, and fall) plus an additional semester for an internship that I am working on right now.  The coursework put a bit of a damper on my blogging and extracurricular reading, but it wasn't until I started my new job that things really got crazy.  Between learning for a new degree and learning for a new job, learning just outpaced sharing for a bit.

I'm proud to say, though, that having settled into my new position and wrapped up the majority of my degree requirements, I'm ready to leap back into sharing--stronger than ever.  My resolution for this year is to reinvigorate my sharing.  I am pledging at least 52 blog posts this year, hopefully on a fairly regular, weekly schedule.  I am also planning on renewing my social networking, both on Twitter (@derrickwaddell) and on Google+ (Derrick Waddell).

I learned a lot in 2011, and I hope to learn more and share more in 2012.  One down, 51 to go.




Postscript
As an update to last year's New Year's Resolution, my wife and I cut the cord at the end of January 2011. We have a Roku box, a Netflix streaming account, and a subscription to Hulu Plus, which we supplement with Amazon and Red Box rentals.  We kept the cord cut through August when we added the most basic cable package available (local channels only) for football.  After January 9, we're cutting again.  Roll Tide!