Mind and Life Overload


I love teaching really I do! But this last week before break kicked me mentally and physically. I was tired of teaching kids (or even having anything to do with kids).  This picture is a mound of two weeks worth of papers to grade. Lesson plans to do. My goal is to do my plans for three weeks ahead and keep it that way (which I doubt but my intentions are there). I am going to catch up with all my work, planning, and clean up over these two weeks so I do not have to go to the school on my weekends or evenings.

I put mind and life overload as my title. To help my mind and life overload,  I am going to cut back on things that might stress me out or take me away from my home after work (we'll see how that goes).  Alot of times I say sure or yes to things and wind of being too stressed out. This coming year I decided that I am going to be saying no to things more and just chill and go with the flow. (which won't last too long).

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