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Deacon Art's avatar

Each morning to quietly listen to the spirit that is greater than my own. To remember to be kind to unkind people, just because.

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Susan Campbell's avatar

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.

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Deacon Art's avatar

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.

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Susan Campbell's avatar

Thank you.

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Charlene L. Edge's avatar

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!

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Susan Campbell's avatar

And I will check on YOU!

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Charlene L. Edge's avatar

Thank you.

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Jac's avatar

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!

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Susan Campbell's avatar

Best. Band. Ever.

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Jac's avatar

Amen!

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Sharon Foster (CT)'s avatar

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."

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Susan Campbell's avatar

Your life sounds fabulous.

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Sharon Foster (CT)'s avatar

I highly recommend retirement. Everyone should do it as soon as financially feasible.

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Patricia's avatar

Love it

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Bill Yousman's avatar

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.)

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Susan Campbell's avatar

...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.

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Mary Ann Dimand's avatar

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.)

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Susan Campbell's avatar

I'm up for a dash of style, any old day of the week.

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