A blog every day in September: Day 1 Who am I?

I follow a blog about motherhood and saw that the writer did a 'blog every day in August' challenge and I really enjoyed reading it, so I have decided to take part in Chickywiggle's blog every day in September

Day One: Who am I?

Easy peasy:

• Ali, 28, live in Dorset with hubby, 7 month old boy and Border Terrier
• I'm about to start back at work as a Secondary Teacher - part time hours, but totally dreading it (planning to blog about back to work experiences! Stay tuned!)
• I love to craft! I'll try anything with the right guidance, but I really enjoy machine sewing. (Some of my creations can be found here and here)
• I started to blog just to get some thoughts and ideas down on 'paper' - some are like diary entries, some are rants about things that annoy me, some are about the things I have been crafting. I'm not very good at keeping up to date with it. I can go months without doing anything, so I think this 'blog everyday' will give me a little kick start, and maybe some ideas too!

As a secondary teacher we run 'humanities' lessons which is basically history, geography and RE in one lesson. My colleague and I have planned a whole term's work called 'Who am I?'. It is based around identity - the pupil explores their own identity as well their peers and looks at cultural identity of others too. It's a really interesting way of getting to know the pupils but they find it hard to express things about themselves. "Can I just say 'I enjoy playing x-box'?" is a regular question.

I think self reflection is a really important part of life - self understanding and value can be obtained by thinking (and practicing) What do I enjoy? What am I good at? Who am I?