Now is the time of year when the glorious plans put together in the heady swirl of potential that is a blank calendar year need to be scoped out and brought into reality. Everything on the plans is solid, practical, exciting and demanding. When it is achieved it will make a real difference to how we go about our daily work and the effect and outcomes that our work has. I truly believe this - both from a very optimistic perspective, and also keeping in mind the changes that will need to be in place for the start of 2009 with the restructure of post year 10 education for the whole state. At present we don't know what it will mean for our support teams and this will be a constant question for the foreseeable future. Which means we better be in the best shape possible!!! I've stuck some of the leftover book covers (see 'The book stall') onto my noticeboard behind the computer monitor to remind me of the ways in which I prefer to work = both because I believe they create good work environments and because those environments get results. It's great to map out ideas and dreams in amongst the practicalities, but without bringing those ideas and dreams into reality, we will end up in a worse spot - not the same spot, but actually further back as dreams are ignored and great ideas bypassed in the 'busyness' of our everyday lives. On a more black and white note, my office is basically ready for 2008. There are a couple of piles of 'stuff' I brought with me into the office and role 12 months ago that I haven't really touched since. Time for them to go and make space for what 2008 will bring.

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