NoJoMo thirty

Has there been any life lessons you have learnt this year? If so what are they? If not, are there any lessons you wish you have learnt?
 

• I learned that I can only push myself so much before I snap. I never want to go through that brain funk again. I'm honestly a very happy person that just has anxiety and bouts of depression once in a while, but this was the worst I ever experienced it.
• I learned how much I love teaching. I miss my high school and middle school kids from my other school. They will always hold a special part of me. I'm even friends with a few now on facebook, and I keep in touch with another on the phone. I've always wanted to be 'that teacher' that is respected and more of a friend. I had a couple growing up, and one I still keep in contact with. While I love my elementary school kids, teaching them is much much different. I have to be less of a friend and more of a teacher. lol Which is fine. I love teaching no matter what age. And working with kids with special needs for a few years is both challenging and amazing. I've had kids from all over the spectrum, and others with random learning disabilities and/or just plain bad behavior.
• I learned to deal with change. Moving my dad out of the place I grew up in was emotionally hard. I don't think I've fully registered that I'm never going to get to go back there.
• And I've learned that if I sit my ass down and do it, I can write over 50k words in one month! lol I won NaNoWriMo the other day. I'm over 119k in my novel now, and I still have some to go. Not to mention the hours of tedious editting. But it's okay, I really do love it. lol.