The end of the calendar year is a great time for reflection, as is July for us educators as it represents another transition between two years. I began this blog in July, so I often reflect on my blog’s “birthday”.  Over the last few years, I’ve also done an end-of-year wrap up in the form of a short summary.  This is what 2019 looked like on Reflections on Leadership and Learning.

My favorite blog topics this year:

• Being an introverted adventurer
• Feedback and assumptions
• Sustainability in education
• Shining out of my comfort zone – my word of 2019 was SHINE
• Emotional resilience, through my monthly reflections about Onward

My most read blog posts from this year:

• The Coach ADVEnture is out! – a blog post from the day my book was released!
• Observing Lessons as an Instructional Coach
• Introducing a New Blog Series – the post where I introduced my monthly reading reflection of Onward for 2019

The month in which I published the most posts:

• April and October tied with 6 posts each!

The top countries where my blog readers live (outside of the US):

• Phillipines
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• Australia
• India (new to the list this year!)

Terms people searched that helped them arrive at my blog:

• inspirational reflections on leadership
• elena aguilar core values
• strengths based coaching
• importance of the art of questioning

Blogging goals and reflections:

• At this time last year, I mentioned that I was going to finish my book early in 2019.  I’m proud to have met that goal and to have blogged about it! #CoachADV is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
• My other goal from last year was to blog more in 2019 than I did in 2018. I met this goal, thanks to my monthly Onward reflections and reading updates. I don’t know if there will be a monthly series on the blog next month, but the ideas always come to me when I need them!
• I enjoyed challenging myself to capture more about the books I read, in order to continue to diversify my reading choices. In 2020, I hope to read even more diverse books.
• I will continue to use this blog as a source of reflection. I enjoy writing and appreciate that anyone is interested to read my posts.  I look forward to another great year in 2020!