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Giving Myself Grace
Giving myself grace so I can continue to find joy in my life. Giving myself grace even when I’m not feeling 100%. Giving myself grace for those times when it would be easier to just sink down into that dark, deep void of nothingness. Giving myself grace by focusing on what’s most important to me.… Read more
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Change the Channel
Change the channel. Not the TV channel, silly. But the channel inside your brain. Oh, you didn’t know we have different channels in our heads? Yep! So many channels. Switch the off button on anxiety and fear and discover peace and joy instead. Sounds difficult, almost impossible to do, doesn’t it? When I first heard… Read more
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This summer…
This summer… I’m experimenting, exploring, and developing new habits. Letting go of what doesn’t work, and welcoming what does. It takes practice, and consistency. Courage, even. I’m experimenting with having a daily writing habit by creating daily results that are specific and measurable. Even though I don’t like the word measurable for many reasons, it really… Read more
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It Should Come As No Surprise
Note to the reader: Today’s call to slice was preceded by these two questions: What are the moments you are holding onto? and What are you letting go of today? I was upset while I was writing my slice but when I read these two questions I was able to calm down. I realized that… Read more
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Permission to Pause – A Journal for Teachers
Recently I purchased a journal for teachers called Permission to Pause by Dorothy VanderJagt. To be honest, I hesitated to buy it at first. After all, can’t I just take a blank notebook and start journaling? Give myself my own permission to pause and reflect about whatever is on my mind? But I was intrigued that… Read more
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Social Media Review
Every so often I make a resolve to say “No” to some things so that I can say “Yes” to what’s truly important…to me. But despite my best intentions, I tend to get lost in the fray that is social media. Fueled by the energy of other educators, and the “fear of missing out” (FOMO),… Read more
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It’s a Perfectly Beautiful Morning
It’s a perfectly beautiful morning. Yesterday’s rain is a distant memory. It’s quiet, sunny. A day full of possibilities. I sit at my dining room table writing. And think back to the last six weeks. I had given up hope and my feelings were all tangled up in knots. My mother’s death. My slower than… Read more
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Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever experienced a situation where you procrastinated, but for a good reason? I know. I know. We rarely, if ever, procrastinate for a good reason. But I promise I had a good reason. My good reason was that I had misplaced a digital document that would make revising efficient: the feedback on the… Read more
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It’s the weather or is it?
The weather here has taken a turn. It was getting warmer and sunnier and perfect for being outside. Then, all of a sudden, a couple of days ago, the weather turned. (It feels like it turned on me! Like it targeted me for a string of low-energy-negative-attitude days.) It’s cold. It’s raining. It even snowed… Read more
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Lessons Learned
When classes were cancelled, I didn’t pay too much attention to the ever increasing posts on social media or the webinars popping up everywhere about remote learning and teaching; I’m on medical leave and don’t have a class of students at the moment. Yet, as this pandemic has continued its course and everything has become… Read more
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Elisa Waingort 