Year at a Glance--Haiku Style, Part 1

Each summer as a professional staff team we review a 'Year-at-a-Glance' document designed to help us see what the year ahead of us might look like. Based off my last year of haikus, here's the first half of my Haiku Year-at-a-Glance for the life of a Community Director. Stay tuned for Part 2.


July
Training's moving fast.
Still can't believe it's July.
Energetic tired.

Grads started today.
Mutually beneficial
A new beginning

August is coming!
Exhausting and exciting
September's for naps

August
Just like Christmas Eve
Tomorrow's RA Training.
It's my 7th one!

Being out-going
Getting my extrovert on
Freaking awesome job.

Move-in day complete.
18+ hours later
Woodland's full of life.

September
Huge sigh of relief...
We made it to September
Let the good times roll.

Students swapping rooms
Instead of addressing things
"you can't play landlord"

Feeling overwhelmed...
Guilty for my time away
It will all be fine.

October
Learning to say "no"
Or at least "just not right now"
Something's got to give.

RA 1:1s
Make for a much better day
Prioritizing

Just tired of conflict
And what is with the fighting?
Civility, please!

November
Reality check.
Much GLACUHO work to do
Finding some focus

It's conference time.
Oh my, lots of energy
Introvert's challenge.

RA Info Night
Such a great turnout in Bluff.
Start of something great.

December
It is December!
How's this even possible?
Holy crap, Batman!

RA eval time
Not the same as grades in class.
Hard to understand.

Ah, peace and quiet
Nice to get caught up on work
"dude, you should go home"