Teachers, Every New Request Does Not Have to Change Your Plans.
From Teaching Without Losing Yourself — The Podcast · 36:39
Show by Kim Lester | Teaching Without Losing Yourself
It’s 3:42 in the afternoon. The kids are gone, you finally sit down, and an email comes in. Can you cover Friday night? Can you stay Thursday? Can you join one more committee? Before you even finish reading, something in you starts rearranging. The walk can wait. Dinner can move. Your plan was a good one, and it was yours, and somehow it became the first thing you were willing to give up.In this episode, I talk about what happens inside that moment. Your plans were already in your day before the request arrived, whether that was finishing your work, keeping an appointment, resting, or spending time with family. I look at why a personal plan can suddenly feel less important when someone is waiting on an answer. I also talk about why an evening with nothing on the calendar is not always an evening you have to give away.We end with one question to carry through the rest of November: Am I giving my own plans the same consideration as this request?A new request is new information. You get to decide what it changes. 💚🌿 Free for you: 👉🏾 The Teacher’s Get-Out-the-Door Guide: afterthebells.org/pages/get-out-the-door-guide We’re not here to fix.We’re here to notice. If this helped, pass it to another teacher who might need it. Until next time… give yourself the same care you give everyone else. ~Kim 🌿
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