I do it to myself, the busyness, the overcommitment, the feeling that I am the only one that can do it, so I must do it all. In actuality the people and tasks that need me the most, I've been avoiding, telling myself they don't need me or not prioritizing appropriately. This spring I was at a tipping point, each night I was either at a school event, teaching yoga, coaching Girls on the Run or driving from one place or another, speeding along the way, to be at an activity for my kids. We were barely eating diner together as a family, maybe once a week. I haven't been working out, even my work out app We Rise , reminded me that it's been a while since I tracked a workout. The house was a mess, dog hair everywhere, dishes in the sink, clean clothes in laundry baskets just being recirculated through and the bathrooms, don't let me get started on bathrooms. When you live on well water, bathrooms are the worst to clean. You might be saying, why don't you get your ...
I have been in education for 21 years. Being educator is not only a job, but it is part of your persona, it is ingrained within your soul. The connections that you make with students, families and your colleagues are bonds that you keep with you forever. But being an educator can be extremely draining on you physically and emotionally. You have to develop a balance between your school life and your personal. The balance will never be 50/50 every day, but to keep yourself sane, it is important to Establish Boundaries. There have been many instances during my career that I did not have great boundaries and my health and family suffered. As a new teacher, I didn't know how to say No. I volunteered for every committee, sponsored half a dozen clubs, while also having a case load over twenty and getting my masters at the same time. I thought I needed to do all those things to be considered a good employee, to show my dedication to my job. But I didn't really have a social life, I...