unpopular: Good To Feel Good

Nerd alert! Making iTunes playlists on a word theme... This is my Thursday afternoon 'playing in my office waiting to go home' playlist. Download it here.

It's All Good - El Perro Del Mar
Good Times - Adventures In Stereo
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
A Good Thing - Saint Etienne
Good To Feel Good - Laugh
A Good Day For You Is A Good Day For Me - The Rockingbirds
It's A Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion
Good Times - Love
The Good Thing - Talking Heads
A Good Day For Everyone - Animals That Swim
Good Time - The Beach Boys
You're So Good - The Monkees
Feel Good About It - Marching Band
Good Thing - Harmony Grass
I Believe In The Good Of Life - Hidden Cameras
Feel Good Factor - The Hermit Crabs
Something Good - The Legends
Good Times - The Rolling Stones

Sixteen years ago I sat in what was then the school meetings room as a newly qualified teacher wondering what the heck all these funny acronyms meant and wondering what the hell I was doing thinking I could be a teacher. Now that room is the Head’s office, and I’ve been sitting as part of the school leadership team talking about CVA’s, AXS, APS and a million other things and reflecting on a job well done.

I watched Bradley Wiggins on the telly last night as he rode to victory in the individual pursuit at the World Championships in Manchester. The pundits afterwards were reflecting about whether he would be celebrating the victory or if it would be more a sense of relief. Now I can’t ride a fraction as fast as Bradley, but I feel the same sense of relief over celebration. We did the job we had to do and got the result we felt we deserved. And it does feel like a relief.

And as Laugh sang, it does indeed feel good to feel good.