Question Everything

Question Everything

(Originally posted on September 11, 2018)

One of the best years of my teaching career was the year my teaching partner and I began questioning why we did the things we did. We had taught many years together, and to the outside world probably looked like we had teaching kindergarten down pat. 

That year we challenged ourselves to question why we did what we did, and to change our teaching techniques where necessary to improve our classroom. It was such an awesome, exciting year as we began to do things differently. 

Recently I was watching a You Tube video of a young woman recommending exactly the same thing. Now of course don't take the "everything" part too literally, but still embrace the idea of questioning what you believe and why?

Another idea that falls in line with this is something employed by Toyota called The Five Whys.  This entails asking the question, "Why not?" and following it through with four more whys in response to each answer. 

Author Tanner Christensen of The Creativity Challenge states, 

"By taking this approach...you can implore your imagination to explore possibilities you may not have imagined before."

Sometimes it's just easier to do things the way you always have whether they are the best way or not. Sometimes we do things because that's all we know, and we've never taken the time to look for alternatives. 

I find life to be more interesting when you begin to question why, and continue to search for new and different ways to do things. 

Creativity Suggestion

Digital Memoir

Did you know that you can start your own blog on Blogger for free? Not only do I have this blog, Grace Found Daily where I share my perspective give of the world, I also have a memoir blog. 

This is where I write about events of my life in a blogging format along with pictures to represent each event. It has been a fun way to record my life. To be honest, it has been a while since I have worked on it, and I’m ready to get back to adding to it. 

If you are unsure how to get started just google how to start a blog on Blogger. From there enjoy creating your own memoir to share with your family.