40-2020 Year End Review & Reflection

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p><p>• We've been teaching everyone to stretch, breathe the dance, play music and sing and rejoice amongst our ZOOM classes or hybrid classes, our flex classes are face-to-face classes. 2020 may not have been the year many of us asked for, but as I look in my review mirror and reflect on this relentless year, 2020 has taught me some valuable life lessons, never be complacent and to always be planning for change. (3:11)</p><p>• You have stretched my mind, you have given me so many inspirational ideas on how I could bring into my classroom for my own teaching, my own craft. Early this last year, I took a huge leap of faith when I came up with the idea that I was going to create a podcast for my culminating project to earn my master's degree. Let me tell you, it was scary. Putting my voice out there, for many of us, who all have social media, yes, we can text and we can edit, and we can share pictures, but putting your voice out there, that's something else, that's scary in a completely different area. Because now all of a sudden, we're human we can't edit our words that we say, unless we erase the entire recording, but putting your voice out there, you become human, and your voice can tremor, and you can hear fear, you could hear intrepidation, but you can also hear excitement, rejuvenation, passion.   (8:21)</p><p>•  But I took that giant step into the unknown, and you've been helping guide me by informing me what you're wanting to listen to. I love statistics, and so with those statistics, I see all the data and the trends, and I'm able to see what episodes are ranking higher than others, and I'm able to take that information and I'm able to create a new podcast episode because of that information. Or, maybe you send me a private message through a messenger. I read everything. I love it. And thank you. All I can say is thank you, I'm better because of you. (12:00)</p><p>•  So many amazing people who have come onto the podcast to share their stories and the resources, because of th