June 16, 2024 • 20 mins
Is your summer break truly a break, or does work still creep into your downtime? Learn how to finally unplug and establish boundaries with practical tips designed to help educators rest, recharge, and rejuvenate. In this episode of the Teachers Ed Podcast, I, Edward DeShazer, promise to guide you through four essential strategies to achieve a healthier work-life balance. From setting specific times for checking work emails to turning off those intrusive notifications, discover how to keep your personal time sacred and free from professional interruptions.
Explore the undeniable value of rest and recreation tailored for your well-deserved summer break. I’ll share actionable advice on establishing a good sleep routine, avoiding late nights, and rediscovering hobbies that bring you joy. Whether it's golfing, reading, or simply savoring quiet moments, these tips will help you recharge effectively. With intentional time management, learn how to carve out at least 30 minutes to an hour each day for personal activities, ensuring you maintain well-being amidst busy schedules. Tune in to transform your summer habits into long-lasting self-care routines that will carry you through the school year refreshed and revitalized!
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome to the Teachers Ed Podcast, a place
where the best and brightest ineducation come to inspire, to
connect, to learn and to grow.
I am your host, edward DeShazer.
Welcome back.
After two weeks off, we areback, getting ready for the
summer.
I was to apologize for myabsence.
(00:31):
Between traveling, between someevents, between wrapping our
school year up, just had a lotgoing on, wanted to make sure I
honored myself and honored myobligations.
But we are back and I'm backwith you.
I'm excited to be back today.
Most of us are on our summerbreak.
If you are not, thoughts andprayers to you as you finish up
(00:56):
these last little bits of school.
I think it's unfair for thefolks that are working past
mid-June.
School should be out by then.
So we are definitely thinkingof you as you finish up the
school year.
Happy to be back.
Today's episode we are going tobe talking about four tips.
I'm going to give you four tipsfor rest and recharge
(01:20):
rejuvenation.
You know how I feel.
If you have listened before.
You know I speak very oftenabout my R&R, which is not my
rest and relaxation, but it ismy recharge routine, and summer
is the perfect time for teachersto recharge their batteries.
(01:41):
So we're going to jump right in.
I'm excited to be back.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Happy Father's Day to all of mydads that are listening in
education.
I want to make sure I say thatto you all, as this is going to
be airing on Father's Day.
But let's jump in.
Let's talk about the four tipsthat I have for you for rest and
(02:06):
recharging, and the first tipthat I have is encouraging you
all to unplug from any workrelated technology.
It is very easy, as educatorsto and I'm one of them in the
summer, I like to attend PDs, Ilike to stay working.
(02:31):
People are like you get thesummer off and I'm like I don't,
because even in the midst of myteaching time and my time in
the classroom, I use my summersa lot of times to continue to
sharpen my skills as a teacherand as an admin, just because
that's what a lot of theconferences are.
In the next episode we actuallytalk about some of the
(02:53):
conferences that are out there.
But I think it is important forus to unplug and take a break
from work-related technology,whether it's.
You know, I'm sure your adminsare still sending emails out,
but let's take and set a clearboundary with those things this
(03:14):
summer.
And let me go back we need toset a clear boundary with these
things all year.
This is not just a summer thing, because I know educators that
are checking emails at midnightand 1 am on a Wednesday when
they have work the next day,like this just has to be
(03:36):
something that we stop ingeneral, because we need to have
a clear divide and I also don'tthink it's possible to really
divide work.
You know, when they say thework-life balance, because they
blend so often, I don't thinkthat there's really ever a
(03:57):
divide.
But we have to find a way toset clear boundaries to make
sure that work is notoverflowing into our personal
lives.
So this summer I'm going to askyou all to Set times when
you'll check your work email.
Maybe it's every morning.
You start your morning 8 to 9o'clock.
(04:18):
You'll check it.
Turn those notifications foryour work email off on your
phone.
I can promise you this thismuch as a school administrator
if I have something that is soimportant that I need you to
answer immediately, I will notbe sending it via email.
So what you should do set atime 8 to 9 am every morning.
(04:43):
That will be my time when Icheck my work email, you turn
those notifications off on yourphone and then you check it
again the next morning.
Because if you're anything likeme, when I see the little red
bubble above my email, I'm likeforced to check it Mentally.
I have to get rid of thatbubble.
So I'm constantly checking thatbubble or checking wherever
(05:04):
that notification is.
So what I would tell you to doturn those notifications off for
your work email.
Keep your whatever other oneson.
I'm not talking about those.
I'm specifically talking aboutany work related emails.
Turn those notifications off.
Set a clear time every singleday.
It I'm specifically talkingabout any work-related emails.
Turn those notifications off.
Set a clear time every singleday.
It does not have to be in themorning.
Maybe you're a check your emailbefore night person.
Maybe you want to do it noon toone.
Whatever that time is, set anhour a day.
(05:25):
That is the only time that youwill look at your work email,
and I'm not saying you need tolook at it for an whole hour.
Just find a consistent timewhen you look at that email and
other than that, forget about it.
I need us to prioritize ourself-care.
I've said this a million times,over and over and over again.
(05:46):
Burnout does not happenintentionally.
Burnout happens on accident,because we are not intentional
with how we take care ofourselves.
So this summer the best partabout summer is it gives you an
opportunity to set routines thatyou will feel bad for missing
(06:09):
once school comes back.
So let's start setting some ofthose routines.
What are some things that youwish you could do during the
school year that you are notable to do because you feel so
busy Like?
One of them for me, is takingwalks.
You know getting up in themorning and taking walks.
It's hard for me to get up inthe morning and take walks
(06:30):
during the school year because Iget to work at 6, between six
and six thirty in the morningevery day.
So for me to get up and take awalk, that means I have to get
up at four o'clock, four fifteen, and a lot of times it's very
chilly in the morning being inWisconsin.
But setting that routine now inthe summer, when you're able to
(06:51):
do it and have time, what thatultimately does is when the
school year happens, you will beso used to getting your walk in
or getting your workout in or,you know, taking 30 minutes to
read a book that you like.
Whatever that routine is, youset that practice now so that
(07:11):
when school starts you feel badwhen you miss it.
So you have June, july, part ofAugust to get these in.
School comes back.
Yes, you're not going to beable to do it at 8 am, 9 am, you
know, like you're used to, butyour body will be so accustomed
to getting that done that youwill almost force yourself
(07:31):
because now it has become ahabit that you do not want to
miss.
And then maybe when you gethome from work, maybe you are
someone that can get up at 5 amand knock that out, if you are
great.
I used to be a 4 am workoutperson.
I would work out an hour beforeI went to work and then what I
found was it just wore me outLike that extra hour of sleep
(07:52):
was so much more valuable that Ihad to shift some things around
and find other times throughoutmy week to work out.
Sorry for the interruption.
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Now back to the episode.
The next thing after reallyestablishing a routine and we're
still talking about theself-care aspect but after
establishing a routine, you know, whatever that is whether it's
working out, eating healthymaking sure that we get some
(08:55):
sleep is important.
You know, we don't want to besomeone that is, you know,
staying up till 1, 2 in themorning all summer, because then
when school comes back, it isso hard for you to get back into
the routine that you'reaccustomed to doing.
Now.
I'm also not telling you thatyou need to be up at four or
(09:19):
five.
Yeah, whatever time younormally get up, but let's just
establish a good sleep routineso that we're actually
recharging our battery.
One of the biggest mistakes thatI used to make many years ago
this is many, many years ago,not any, not anytime recent was
as an educator.
When summer came and I knew Ihad more free time, what do you
(09:41):
think I did to fill that freetime.
I intentionally paused to giveyou an opportunity to answer
that question out loud, but Iused to spend all my time
drinking, going out and doingall these other things, and then
I would almost do that.
You know too.
Oh man, I wasn't able to duringthe school year.
I'm not able to go out on aWednesday.
(10:01):
Let me go out and grab happyhour on a Wednesday and next
thing, you know, happy hourturned into happy night, and it
was just a long summer and whenschool came back you know,
august swings around, augustswings around I did not feel
like I was rested at all becauseI spent the majority of my time
in the summer drinking andstaying up and out later than I
(10:23):
should have.
So what I am really encouragingyou to do and I'm not telling
you to not stay out latersometimes go out and have fun.
What I'm telling you to do ismake sure that you are very,
very intentional with reallygetting the rest that your body
needs.
As a person, you deserve it.
(10:43):
As a mother, you deserve it.
As a father, you deserve it.
As a friend, you deserve it.
Whatever your titles are, youdeserve for your body to be able
to actually rest and getrecharged.
The next thing I have findingsome hobbies and interests, like
what are things that interestyou that you can be doing in the
(11:04):
summer to just enjoy life.
You know, for me, I love togolf.
I always say golf is self-care.
Golf is something that I spendmy time in the summer doing
because it makes me relaxed.
It is a time where I'm mosttimes not checking my emails,
not answering calls, like I justget away used to do a while ago
(11:41):
and you stopped because you'veallowed yourself as an educator,
to just be an educator Like.
You forgot that you used tolike doing puzzles.
You forgot that you know usedto like to knit.
You forgot that you you knowwhatever hobbies and activities
that you used to love to do thatas you try to become a better
educator and you wore yourselfthin when it was time for you to
(12:01):
have free time.
If you allowed yourself to havefree time, you didn't do it.
You know we spend so much timeand I, you know, hats off to all
the.
I gave the father's shout outs,but also hats off to all the
mothers, because what happens sooften and I'm learning this,
you know with my son.
(12:23):
Being busy in sports is that youknow you work all summer, then
sports, or you work all schoolyear, then sports consume your
summer and you are just busy,busy, busy.
But we have to like listen tome If you don't hear or take
anything else away from thisepisode you have to
(12:43):
intentionally make time foryourself to do the things that
you love to do with the peopleyou love to do them with, and
sometimes the people you love todo them with is yourself,
whether that is reading a book,whether that is just sitting in
your driveway and getting freshair.
Like I understand what it islike to be a parent and to feel
(13:06):
overwhelmed after having a fullsummer of teaching.
Now you got to come home andkeep your children engaged and
do all that.
But if you don't make the time,the time will never be there.
So it is your job to find atleast 30 minutes to an hour
every single day.
Yes, I am not just saying oncea week, I'm telling you to find
(13:28):
that time every single day thatyou can make for yourself to do
something that you love to do.
And, trust me, there are timesfor me where it's just sitting
in quiet, like you deserve that,but you have to be intentional
with that and you have to makethe time to do that, because if
you don't make the time, thetime is never going to be there.
(13:50):
We all have the same 24 hours.
I know that you know a teacherthat's listening or an admin
that's listening that has youknow three, four kids.
It's much more difficultbecause your kids are all over
the place, but maybe it'sworking waking up 30 minutes
earlier, or maybe it's rightafter dinner.
You're like no, what, afterdinner, I'm taking 30 minutes to
myself and you set thoseboundaries with everyone.
(14:12):
But when you do that, you haveto clearly communicate those
boundaries to everyone elsearound you, whether that is your
husband, your wife, your family, whoever that is.
Just make it very clear like,hey, you guys, I'm going to go
take 30 minutes.
I'm going to go in the roomDuring that time, unless it's an
emergency, I would just askthat you guys don't bother me,
so you can really make sure thatyou are getting the time that
(14:33):
you need.
The last and final tip that Ihave for you all is spend
quality time with your lovedones.
This is a great time toreconnect with some of those
people that you may have notlost contact with but you have
drifted from because the schoolyear was so busy.
They were so busy.
(14:53):
But finding time to spendquality time with those loved
ones, take some outings, takeyour family to the park, whether
you're going on walks, takethem to the water park.
Jump in the car and drive thattwo hours to that campground and
spend some quality time withyour loved ones.
(15:13):
And while you're doing that, Iwant to encourage you to, while
you're there, have somemeaningful conversations.
There was a meme and it wasn'teven a meme.
Well, it starts as a meme, butthen the context was the person.
So it was a meme that someoneposted and it was a picture of
Blockbuster movies and the meme,or the meme, said children
(15:41):
these days will never understandwhat it was like to go to
Blockbuster on a Friday night toget a movie, which is very true
.
Children these days will neverunderstand the excitement that
we had as kids.
To you know, for me, we used toride our bike to the mall, the
block bus.
It was the end cap on the malland we would go and pick out.
(16:02):
You spend 20 minutes therepicking out a movie.
All the new releases wereusually gone because those are
gone right away.
But that was the meme.
It said people never understand, or kids these days will never
understand what it was like togo to Blockbuster on a Friday
night to pick out a movie.
I said that to say the personthat posted the meme went a
(16:23):
little further and it made sense.
They said it's not that we missgoing to Blockbuster and
picking out the movie as much aswe miss being connected with
the people that we love the most, without phones and computer
screens and all these otherthings.
(16:45):
Because when Blockbuster wasaround, once you pop that tape
in the tape player yes, I'mdating myself you pop that tape
in the tape player, nothing elsemattered.
You didn't have to worry aboutyour cell phone ringing.
Yes, every once in a while thathouse phone would ring.
You didn't need to open up yourphone and check Facebook or
check Instagram or, oh bing, yougot a text coming.
(17:07):
People don't miss the actualtext coming, like people don't
miss the actual.
And yes, I'm sure that's likesome of it is the nostalgia of
blockbuster, but I think what wemiss the most is the meaningful
connection.
So I said all that to say makesure you are making and remaking
those connections with yourfamily, with your spouse, with
(17:28):
your kids, with, with yourparents, with whoever you may
have been neglecting thatconnection with.
Now is the time to reconnectthat.
Again.
We're trying to build habitswhile we have the time, so when
we don't have the time, thosehabits are strong and we do not
want to miss out on them.
(17:49):
So, again, let me go throughthese again and make sure I
didn't miss any.
First was unplugging fromtechnology.
Second, prioritizing self-care,not health care.
We ain't doctors, even though,as teachers, we are doctors and
(18:09):
nurses so often.
Prioritizing self-care.
Number three is engaging inhobbies and interests that you
enjoy.
And number four is spendingquality time with your loved
ones.
Those are four tips.
If you're like you know what,that's just a lot.
Find one and just do one ofthose, and I would encourage you
to focus on the self-carebefore the rest, because it's so
(18:30):
important that we are takingcare of ourselves or the other
stuff won't matter.
If you are not taking care ofyourself, you won't even have a
healthy body and a long enoughlife to make those other things
matter.
So, as teachers, you deserve it.
You need to spend this timegetting back, connected with who
you are finding the things youlove doing, the things you love
doing them with the people youlove, because now is the time
(18:52):
for you to really recharge yourbattery, and I know some of you
are probably working other jobs.
Some of you are working summerschool, some of you are nannying
, some of you are, you know,some of you are bartending.
Some of you doing all theseother things because, as we know
, you know, the pay for teachersand the amount of work is does
not have a the propercorrelation that it should have
(19:14):
with how much teachers make forthe amount of work and stress
they take.
But now is your time to beintentional with those things
that you're doing.
So let's get it done, let'sre-tap in, let's use these four
tips and let's make sure thatthis summer we take back our
summer and we recharge ourbatteries.
That's all we have.
(19:37):
I appreciate you all for tuningin.
I will see you next sunday aswe begin to talk about
professional developmentopportunities that are taking
place that you can find.
There's a couple that I'm in,but there's so many across the
country.
No matter where you are, whatyour role is in a school, they
(19:57):
have them for you.
But this week we're focusing onhow to recharge ourself.
Next week we'll focus on ourgrowth, but have a great day
Again.
Happy Father's Day to all thefathers out there.
I will see you all next week.
Welcome to the Teachers Ed Podcast, a place
where the best and brightest ineducation come to inspire, to
connect, to learn and to grow.
I am your host, edward DeShazer.
Welcome back.
After two weeks off, we areback, getting ready for the
summer.
I was to apologize for myabsence.
(00:31):
Between traveling, between someevents, between wrapping our
school year up, just had a lotgoing on, wanted to make sure I
honored myself and honored myobligations.
But we are back and I'm backwith you.
I'm excited to be back today.
Most of us are on our summerbreak.
If you are not, thoughts andprayers to you as you finish up
(00:56):
these last little bits of school.
I think it's unfair for thefolks that are working past
mid-June.
School should be out by then.
So we are definitely thinkingof you as you finish up the
school year.
Happy to be back.
Today's episode we are going tobe talking about four tips.
I'm going to give you four tipsfor rest and recharge
(01:20):
rejuvenation.
You know how I feel.
If you have listened before.
You know I speak very oftenabout my R&R, which is not my
rest and relaxation, but it ismy recharge routine, and summer
is the perfect time for teachersto recharge their batteries.
(01:41):
So we're going to jump right in.
I'm excited to be back.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Happy Father's Day to all of mydads that are listening in
education.
I want to make sure I say thatto you all, as this is going to
be airing on Father's Day.
But let's jump in.
Let's talk about the four tipsthat I have for you for rest and
(02:06):
recharging, and the first tipthat I have is encouraging you
all to unplug from any workrelated technology.
It is very easy, as educatorsto and I'm one of them in the
summer, I like to attend PDs, Ilike to stay working.
(02:31):
People are like you get thesummer off and I'm like I don't,
because even in the midst of myteaching time and my time in
the classroom, I use my summersa lot of times to continue to
sharpen my skills as a teacherand as an admin, just because
that's what a lot of theconferences are.
In the next episode we actuallytalk about some of the
(02:53):
conferences that are out there.
But I think it is important forus to unplug and take a break
from work-related technology,whether it's.
You know, I'm sure your adminsare still sending emails out,
but let's take and set a clearboundary with those things this
(03:14):
summer.
And let me go back we need toset a clear boundary with these
things all year.
This is not just a summer thing, because I know educators that
are checking emails at midnightand 1 am on a Wednesday when
they have work the next day,like this just has to be
(03:36):
something that we stop ingeneral, because we need to have
a clear divide and I also don'tthink it's possible to really
divide work.
You know, when they say thework-life balance, because they
blend so often, I don't thinkthat there's really ever a
(03:57):
divide.
But we have to find a way toset clear boundaries to make
sure that work is notoverflowing into our personal
lives.
So this summer I'm going to askyou all to Set times when
you'll check your work email.
Maybe it's every morning.
You start your morning 8 to 9o'clock.
(04:18):
You'll check it.
Turn those notifications foryour work email off on your
phone.
I can promise you this thismuch as a school administrator
if I have something that is soimportant that I need you to
answer immediately, I will notbe sending it via email.
So what you should do set atime 8 to 9 am every morning.
(04:43):
That will be my time when Icheck my work email, you turn
those notifications off on yourphone and then you check it
again the next morning.
Because if you're anything likeme, when I see the little red
bubble above my email, I'm likeforced to check it Mentally.
I have to get rid of thatbubble.
So I'm constantly checking thatbubble or checking wherever
(05:04):
that notification is.
So what I would tell you to doturn those notifications off for
your work email.
Keep your whatever other oneson.
I'm not talking about those.
I'm specifically talking aboutany work related emails.
Turn those notifications off.
Set a clear time every singleday.
It I'm specifically talkingabout any work-related emails.
Turn those notifications off.
Set a clear time every singleday.
It does not have to be in themorning.
Maybe you're a check your emailbefore night person.
Maybe you want to do it noon toone.
Whatever that time is, set anhour a day.
(05:25):
That is the only time that youwill look at your work email,
and I'm not saying you need tolook at it for an whole hour.
Just find a consistent timewhen you look at that email and
other than that, forget about it.
I need us to prioritize ourself-care.
I've said this a million times,over and over and over again.
(05:46):
Burnout does not happenintentionally.
Burnout happens on accident,because we are not intentional
with how we take care ofourselves.
So this summer the best partabout summer is it gives you an
opportunity to set routines thatyou will feel bad for missing
(06:09):
once school comes back.
So let's start setting some ofthose routines.
What are some things that youwish you could do during the
school year that you are notable to do because you feel so
busy Like?
One of them for me, is takingwalks.
You know getting up in themorning and taking walks.
It's hard for me to get up inthe morning and take walks
(06:30):
during the school year because Iget to work at 6, between six
and six thirty in the morningevery day.
So for me to get up and take awalk, that means I have to get
up at four o'clock, four fifteen, and a lot of times it's very
chilly in the morning being inWisconsin.
But setting that routine now inthe summer, when you're able to
(06:51):
do it and have time, what thatultimately does is when the
school year happens, you will beso used to getting your walk in
or getting your workout in or,you know, taking 30 minutes to
read a book that you like.
Whatever that routine is, youset that practice now so that
(07:11):
when school starts you feel badwhen you miss it.
So you have June, july, part ofAugust to get these in.
School comes back.
Yes, you're not going to beable to do it at 8 am, 9 am, you
know, like you're used to, butyour body will be so accustomed
to getting that done that youwill almost force yourself
(07:31):
because now it has become ahabit that you do not want to
miss.
And then maybe when you gethome from work, maybe you are
someone that can get up at 5 amand knock that out, if you are
great.
I used to be a 4 am workoutperson.
I would work out an hour beforeI went to work and then what I
found was it just wore me outLike that extra hour of sleep
(07:52):
was so much more valuable that Ihad to shift some things around
and find other times throughoutmy week to work out.
Sorry for the interruption.
(08:12):
I want to take a moment torecognize the sponsor of the
Teachers Ed podcast Be WellTeacher Box, a gift box to help
teachers intentionally focus ontheir wellness.
By using code TEACHERZED, youcan save $7 on your box
TEACHERZED all one wordwwwbewellteachercom.
The box has over $100 in giftsand it's going on for $52 by
using code TEACHERZED.
There's two books, there's acandle, some shower steamer,
some lotion and a bag of coffee.
(08:34):
Get your box today,bewellteacherboxcom Code
TEACHERS.
That all one word.
Now back to the episode.
The next thing after reallyestablishing a routine and we're
still talking about theself-care aspect but after
establishing a routine, you know, whatever that is whether it's
working out, eating healthymaking sure that we get some
(08:55):
sleep is important.
You know, we don't want to besomeone that is, you know,
staying up till 1, 2 in themorning all summer, because then
when school comes back, it isso hard for you to get back into
the routine that you'reaccustomed to doing.
Now.
I'm also not telling you thatyou need to be up at four or
(09:19):
five.
Yeah, whatever time younormally get up, but let's just
establish a good sleep routineso that we're actually
recharging our battery.
One of the biggest mistakes thatI used to make many years ago
this is many, many years ago,not any, not anytime recent was
as an educator.
When summer came and I knew Ihad more free time, what do you
(09:41):
think I did to fill that freetime.
I intentionally paused to giveyou an opportunity to answer
that question out loud, but Iused to spend all my time
drinking, going out and doingall these other things, and then
I would almost do that.
You know too.
Oh man, I wasn't able to duringthe school year.
I'm not able to go out on aWednesday.
(10:01):
Let me go out and grab happyhour on a Wednesday and next
thing, you know, happy hourturned into happy night, and it
was just a long summer and whenschool came back you know,
august swings around, augustswings around I did not feel
like I was rested at all becauseI spent the majority of my time
in the summer drinking andstaying up and out later than I
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should have.
So what I am really encouragingyou to do and I'm not telling
you to not stay out latersometimes go out and have fun.
What I'm telling you to do ismake sure that you are very,
very intentional with reallygetting the rest that your body
needs.
As a person, you deserve it.
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As a mother, you deserve it.
As a father, you deserve it.
As a friend, you deserve it.
Whatever your titles are, youdeserve for your body to be able
to actually rest and getrecharged.
The next thing I have findingsome hobbies and interests, like
what are things that interestyou that you can be doing in the
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summer to just enjoy life.
You know, for me, I love togolf.
I always say golf is self-care.
Golf is something that I spendmy time in the summer doing
because it makes me relaxed.
It is a time where I'm mosttimes not checking my emails,
not answering calls, like I justget away used to do a while ago
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and you stopped because you'veallowed yourself as an educator,
to just be an educator Like.
You forgot that you used tolike doing puzzles.
You forgot that you know usedto like to knit.
You forgot that you you knowwhatever hobbies and activities
that you used to love to do thatas you try to become a better
educator and you wore yourselfthin when it was time for you to
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have free time.
If you allowed yourself to havefree time, you didn't do it.
You know we spend so much timeand I, you know, hats off to all
the.
I gave the father's shout outs,but also hats off to all the
mothers, because what happens sooften and I'm learning this,
you know with my son.
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Being busy in sports is that youknow you work all summer, then
sports, or you work all schoolyear, then sports consume your
summer and you are just busy,busy, busy.
But we have to like listen tome If you don't hear or take
anything else away from thisepisode you have to
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intentionally make time foryourself to do the things that
you love to do with the peopleyou love to do them with, and
sometimes the people you love todo them with is yourself,
whether that is reading a book,whether that is just sitting in
your driveway and getting freshair.
Like I understand what it islike to be a parent and to feel
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overwhelmed after having a fullsummer of teaching.
Now you got to come home andkeep your children engaged and
do all that.
But if you don't make the time,the time will never be there.
So it is your job to find atleast 30 minutes to an hour
every single day.
Yes, I am not just saying oncea week, I'm telling you to find
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that time every single day thatyou can make for yourself to do
something that you love to do.
And, trust me, there are timesfor me where it's just sitting
in quiet, like you deserve that,but you have to be intentional
with that and you have to makethe time to do that, because if
you don't make the time, thetime is never going to be there.
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We all have the same 24 hours.
I know that you know a teacherthat's listening or an admin
that's listening that has youknow three, four kids.
It's much more difficultbecause your kids are all over
the place, but maybe it'sworking waking up 30 minutes
earlier, or maybe it's rightafter dinner.
You're like no, what, afterdinner, I'm taking 30 minutes to
myself and you set thoseboundaries with everyone.
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But when you do that, you haveto clearly communicate those
boundaries to everyone elsearound you, whether that is your
husband, your wife, your family, whoever that is.
Just make it very clear like,hey, you guys, I'm going to go
take 30 minutes.
I'm going to go in the roomDuring that time, unless it's an
emergency, I would just askthat you guys don't bother me,
so you can really make sure thatyou are getting the time that
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you need.
The last and final tip that Ihave for you all is spend
quality time with your lovedones.
This is a great time toreconnect with some of those
people that you may have notlost contact with but you have
drifted from because the schoolyear was so busy.
They were so busy.
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But finding time to spendquality time with those loved
ones, take some outings, takeyour family to the park, whether
you're going on walks, takethem to the water park.
Jump in the car and drive thattwo hours to that campground and
spend some quality time withyour loved ones.
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And while you're doing that, Iwant to encourage you to, while
you're there, have somemeaningful conversations.
There was a meme and it wasn'teven a meme.
Well, it starts as a meme, butthen the context was the person.
So it was a meme that someoneposted and it was a picture of
Blockbuster movies and the meme,or the meme, said children
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these days will never understandwhat it was like to go to
Blockbuster on a Friday night toget a movie, which is very true
.
Children these days will neverunderstand the excitement that
we had as kids.
To you know, for me, we used toride our bike to the mall, the
block bus.
It was the end cap on the malland we would go and pick out.
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You spend 20 minutes therepicking out a movie.
All the new releases wereusually gone because those are
gone right away.
But that was the meme.
It said people never understand, or kids these days will never
understand what it was like togo to Blockbuster on a Friday
night to pick out a movie.
I said that to say the personthat posted the meme went a
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little further and it made sense.
They said it's not that we missgoing to Blockbuster and
picking out the movie as much aswe miss being connected with
the people that we love the most, without phones and computer
screens and all these otherthings.
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Because when Blockbuster wasaround, once you pop that tape
in the tape player yes, I'mdating myself you pop that tape
in the tape player, nothing elsemattered.
You didn't have to worry aboutyour cell phone ringing.
Yes, every once in a while thathouse phone would ring.
You didn't need to open up yourphone and check Facebook or
check Instagram or, oh bing, yougot a text coming.
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People don't miss the actualtext coming, like people don't
miss the actual.
And yes, I'm sure that's likesome of it is the nostalgia of
blockbuster, but I think what wemiss the most is the meaningful
connection.
So I said all that to say makesure you are making and remaking
those connections with yourfamily, with your spouse, with
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your kids, with, with yourparents, with whoever you may
have been neglecting thatconnection with.
Now is the time to reconnectthat.
Again.
We're trying to build habitswhile we have the time, so when
we don't have the time, thosehabits are strong and we do not
want to miss out on them.
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So, again, let me go throughthese again and make sure I
didn't miss any.
First was unplugging fromtechnology.
Second, prioritizing self-care,not health care.
We ain't doctors, even though,as teachers, we are doctors and
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nurses so often.
Prioritizing self-care.
Number three is engaging inhobbies and interests that you
enjoy.
And number four is spendingquality time with your loved
ones.
Those are four tips.
If you're like you know what,that's just a lot.
Find one and just do one ofthose, and I would encourage you
to focus on the self-carebefore the rest, because it's so
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important that we are takingcare of ourselves or the other
stuff won't matter.
If you are not taking care ofyourself, you won't even have a
healthy body and a long enoughlife to make those other things
matter.
So, as teachers, you deserve it.
You need to spend this timegetting back, connected with who
you are finding the things youlove doing, the things you love
doing them with the people youlove, because now is the time
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for you to really recharge yourbattery, and I know some of you
are probably working other jobs.
Some of you are working summerschool, some of you are nannying
, some of you are, you know,some of you are bartending.
Some of you doing all theseother things because, as we know
, you know, the pay for teachersand the amount of work is does
not have a the propercorrelation that it should have
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with how much teachers make forthe amount of work and stress
they take.
But now is your time to beintentional with those things
that you're doing.
So let's get it done, let'sre-tap in, let's use these four
tips and let's make sure thatthis summer we take back our
summer and we recharge ourbatteries.
That's all we have.
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I appreciate you all for tuningin.
I will see you next sunday aswe begin to talk about
professional developmentopportunities that are taking
place that you can find.
There's a couple that I'm in,but there's so many across the
country.
No matter where you are, whatyour role is in a school, they
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have them for you.
But this week we're focusing onhow to recharge ourself.
Next week we'll focus on ourgrowth, but have a great day
Again.
Happy Father's Day to all thefathers out there.
I will see you all next week.
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