Blog #7 What Do You Do That Can't Be Measured

 Blog#7 What does this RESTLER chapter raise for you? How does it help you think about yourself and others? Then, spend a little time writing about what YOU do that can’t be measured.

Chapter 1, What Do You Do That Can't Be Measured, by Victoria Restler

Restler, Chapter 1, allowed me to inhale deeply and exhale. This chapter helped me think about the Capstone project and the many different ways I can do research. The research doesn't have to be the traditional look-up on the Internet and site; it could be more of the creative side, which is where I land. Interviewing people for research is right up my alley.

Many things we do cannot be measured. Sometimes, I feel a slight unease when thinking that I am not doing enough at my job or in my life that can be measured because we as a society are so programmed into having everything be measured by length, volume, mass, time, grades, size, weight, energy, and the list goes on and on. But being a YDEV grad and YDEV MA student, I know I do things that can't always be measured daily.

Each day, I go to work with a great attitude, put my best foot forward, and hope that today will be the day that things will improve. I've helped people in roles I've been in to think in different ways to succeed in their positions. I've joined a planning and program committee to voice my opinion and have a say in how things should be done in my workplace. I enter the pre-k class each day with a renewed, glass half-full energy (they wear me out, lol). The patience I show, the flexibility, the wisdom, and the helpfulness are all things that I do that can't be measured with a ruler or a scale but are definitely some of the important stuff that can't be measured.

The invisible work that I do at home definitely cannot be measured. Making doctor appointments for the family, making sure all of the car registrations are in the cars, and keeping the house together and the family fine-tuned is something you can't do because you want a pat on the back; you have to do it because you want to, or resentment will set in.