Why blog?

A couple things about me...I am not a writer and I am not sure I can be a blogger, I am a horrible speller (thank god for spell check! In fact I wish I had an internal spell check because as I take notes in meetings I often find myself scribbling out words or writing sp* next to it so that if someone sees my notes they realize that I am aware of my horrible spelling), I am ADHD so please go easy on me if I start talking about one thing and end up discussing something completely different before finalizing my thoughts, and I am absolutely loving my "job" which I place in quotes because everyday I leave thinking, "that was fun I cannot wait until tomorrow", then is it really a "job" or "work"?

My name is Stephanie and I am an Elementary School Counselor in South West, Virginia. I am a K-12 Certified School Counselor, a Nationally Certified Counselor, a MICHE Representative, a girlfriend (of 11 years...yes I know I know), a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend, and the author of this blog. I list so many because I find that school counseling often takes over my life, my thoughts, my plans and I must become better at time management and remembering what is MOST important to me and that is my wonderful family and friends. As a 2nd year Professional School Counselor (PSC) I know that this will become easier as time goes by and I find my groove but for right now it can be overwhelming. I find that I have so many ideas and that I want to help everyone (and have a hard time saying no) so I really have to prioritize and realize that sometimes the ideas will have to wait until next school year so that I so not overload myself. 

I get very excited talking about School Counseling and the awesome things we get to do. So, the reason that I wanted to start this blog is to share ideas with fellow PSCs, get insight, and through this hopefully learn how to be the best School Counselor I can be while continuing to also fill the many other roles in my life that often get neglected. In grad school they pressed self-care and burnout so much and I thought it was a little over kill but I realize now why and I hope that this blog can help me figure out the best way to care for myself and my kiddos at school.