Happy New Year!

A new year - 2011! It seems different somehow to be writing a new year again. The time seems to slip by so fast.

My colleagues and I were discussing this very topic in the staff room some weeks back. I told them that I had found a way to make the days, weeks, hours slow down somewhat. Intrigued they listened, but I could tell there was some skepticism in the room. :-)

"It's like this," I said, "I live in the present, in the now, that is how I do it. I try to be present to those around me, and not to dwell on the next deadline or the next big date on the calendar."

Well, we all went about our business when the bell rang to call the students back to class. However, I meant it. I also acknowledge that this is very hard to do. Sometimes impossible.

What do you think? Can it be done?