Anyway today wasn’t an A+ although we were headed towards a near perfect day. I’m not sure what happened at the end but I left feeling defeated and confused. Add in a professional development meeting that was somewhat interesting but the presentation lacked spark.
Recently for these trainings (and in the last week we have had 4) I have practiced self care and found myself a good “tribe. These are the type of people that want to learn so they won’t be distracting but want to have fun so there are some side giggles as well without being rude. These are the people that split the work perfectly when group work is forced upon you. A group that you like and respect enough that you will volunteer yourself to stand up in front of the PD and discuss the work/scenarios you and your team talked about. That’s self care.
Another form of self care is on your way upstairs to take a long hot shower is grabbing the leftover chocolate kisses and the fountain soda. First take your hot shower and then climbing into bed and savoring each small chocolate kiss.
Reading blogs while eating said chocolate also is a favorite way to self care.
Staying away from the weather channel, the news, and trying to stay off the bad FB pages is a great way to self care.
I know I should add read a book in there but I’m in a ginormous book slump more about that later.
What do you do for self care?
When I worked in ed, I did the same as you! Very smart to find a congenial "tribe" who work well together, learn, but also have fun. I'm a little bit in the reading doldrums also. For self-care, I run, walk, blog, fiddle around on Facebook, and drink coffee/beer. It isn't earthshattering, but it helps my state of mind.
ReplyDeleteI walk and spend as much time as I can outside in nature. I've just discovered that both help me to eliminate the mental clutter that I accumulate in my head and it helps keep my balanced. I've also learned how to say "no" and not feel guilty about it.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said earlier is correct, it is essential to find yourself a positive tribe at work. When I first started working in a school 18 years ago, a teacher who befriended me and took me under her wing warned me about hanging with "old, complaining water buffaloes who like to hang around the watering hole." She was so right.