Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection
It's been a really rough couple of weeks for me, folks. There's been a lot of negativity at my job. Stressed out students, pissed off yearbook staff. I have been sassed at, yelled at, and disrespected. I have had students cry in front of me, and I myself have fought back tears in front of friends and colleagues. It has not been a good time. And while I try to be a generally optimistic person at work, it's been nearly impossible given the climate I'm working in. Not only that, but either 1. No one's reading my blog anymore, or 2. Something's changed in terms of page tracking on Blogger or in the Facebook algorithm. My blog views have absolutely plummeted in the past few days. Now, I know that no matter who's reading my stuff, I will continue to write and post it, but having at least 1,500-2,000 views per month meant a lot to me. I truly felt like people enjoyed my writing and got something out of it. Now? I'm not so sure. But do you want to know w