Overwhelmed and Paralyzed, Too?
Are you feeling paralyzed like I am?
I found myself staring into space a lot this week. I want everything to be so perfect! I can see it in my head. A clean house, prepped meals, a happy family, engaged students and new lessons that inspire them to dig deeper and grow.
I smile just thinking about it. The vision of normal and everything I create feels so good. When I come out of my daydream and look around my house or office, I realize that I am so far away from that vision.
What I should do, what I WANT to do - is start creating that scenario. But what I ACTUALLY do is feel that familiar twinge of overwhelm and I pick up my phone to see if I have a new message and get sucked into the habit loop of scrolling. I gain nothing from this.
I'm hearing my teacher friends go into their classrooms and bursting into tears because nothing is like it's supposed to be! We aren't just following the same joyful, let's make our door decorations and put up our bulletin boards. Meet with our team for our favorite opening day lessons and to analyze the data for our new kids so we are excited to accelerate their growth with our favorite teaching practices. Reviewing the changes and "new initiatives" that always seem like way too much.
Nothing is on auto pilot this year.
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