That’s a great one. Given my fundamentalist education, drawing boundaries has always been a tough one. Are Christians supposed to have boundaries, that sort of thing.
You can do this! I love your list and plan to adapt it to my own situation (which is not teaching, but writing), especially the eat healthy bit. I'll be checking on you!
I'm retired, so I don't have that added burden of going to work or school. I've got a good grip on the "eat healthy" thing -- no sugar, no starches. Sleeping well is a natural consequence of eating well, or at least is has been for me. I have enough books to read, art supplies to play with, and tv shows and movies to keep me amused for a long time yet. But I have a recurring dream about being lost without either my purse or phone, and trying to get home. I.e., back to "normal."
I feel all of this so much. Someday we will be back, fully in-person, no masks, no anxiety. (Well, maybe not no anxiety, but less anxiety.) And on that day we will visit each others classes and celebrate. (Even if we have nothing really to say. We will just laugh it up in front of each other's students.)
...which will make this crap entirely worth it. I did not sleep last night worrying over whether I could get my classroom unlocked, whether my car would start -- you know, the usual stuff. And then the students filed in and it was so much fun. I love to get that first class under my belt. Good luck to ye, friend.
Each morning to quietly listen to the spirit that is greater than my own. To remember to be kind to unkind people, just because.
That’s a great one. Given my fundamentalist education, drawing boundaries has always been a tough one. Are Christians supposed to have boundaries, that sort of thing.
Well, I suppose it depends on what you’re bound to as opposed to what you’re bound from.
Binding oneself to love or judgement, faith or fear, to listen or to speak.. to think or to be told what to think.
Boundaries are what we choose.
Thank you.
You can do this! I love your list and plan to adapt it to my own situation (which is not teaching, but writing), especially the eat healthy bit. I'll be checking on you!
And I will check on YOU!
Thank you.
Good solid list! "Spring" Semester never sounds right when the bulk of winter is ahead. And I recognized that line "Same as it ever was".
Go git 'em!
Best. Band. Ever.
Amen!
I'm retired, so I don't have that added burden of going to work or school. I've got a good grip on the "eat healthy" thing -- no sugar, no starches. Sleeping well is a natural consequence of eating well, or at least is has been for me. I have enough books to read, art supplies to play with, and tv shows and movies to keep me amused for a long time yet. But I have a recurring dream about being lost without either my purse or phone, and trying to get home. I.e., back to "normal."
Your life sounds fabulous.
I highly recommend retirement. Everyone should do it as soon as financially feasible.
Love it
I feel all of this so much. Someday we will be back, fully in-person, no masks, no anxiety. (Well, maybe not no anxiety, but less anxiety.) And on that day we will visit each others classes and celebrate. (Even if we have nothing really to say. We will just laugh it up in front of each other's students.)
...which will make this crap entirely worth it. I did not sleep last night worrying over whether I could get my classroom unlocked, whether my car would start -- you know, the usual stuff. And then the students filed in and it was so much fun. I love to get that first class under my belt. Good luck to ye, friend.
Of course there's the Ina Garden approach:
Drink more large cosmos
Stay up late watching addictive streaming series
Stay in bed in the morning playing Sudoko instead of reading a good book
Spend more time (safely) with people you love."
"In a pandemic, I do what I can," Garten said.
(I'm emulating you, but attempting a dash of Ina Garden style.)
I'm up for a dash of style, any old day of the week.