A New Project (and Epic Adventure, I suppose)

So hello, again. I'm sure you all know that we're back at home (been so a year now) and for the time being, another Griffin epic adventure is not happening anytime soon.

But I have another new project and epic adventure I want to chronicle. It's the semester of me. Yup. Me.

Let me explain: I read Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us last year, and he discusses a brilliant idea. This idea is that autonomy is a crucial component of motivation and happiness, and some of the best businesses (e.g., Google) are employing this concept. Essentially, the concept in a nutshell is that if you give employees autonomy, they will not only thrive but will be happy. Imagine that.

So how does this have to do with me? Well, I'm teaching a class (as I always do) and this class allows me flexibility in what I have students do. So I decided to integrate this idea of "autonomy" into the assignments students need to complete, and this morphed into the "Independent Project." This project allows them to work on anything they want. Yes, anything. But it has to be new and it has to be something the student has wanted to do but never really found the time for.

As an example, I decided to take adult hip-hop classes throughout the semester, and I'm going to chronicle my experiences here and with pictures/videos. But then I got thinking. I want to do more; I want to focus more on me because when I do, I'm happier (and a better person).

So as a result, I've decided to do a semester-long independent project of me. I'm going to run, dance, journal, meditate, be mindful, and write as a way to redirect my life. Don't get me wrong: life is good, but it could be better, and I have all the tools to make it better. I just need to make it a priority.

I'm not going to spread my blog entries to other forms of social media, so if you happen to stumble upon this, good for you. I just figure that the mere possibility of someone stumbling upon my old blog is slim, but it's a possibility that will motivate me to write. And write I will. I will use this space as a way to be creative and to express myself in a different way.

So thanks for reading, and welcome to the project of me.