023. Tips for Creating a Work-Life Balance

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Creating a work-life balance is something we, as teachers, have always strived for. It is something that before the pandemic of 2020 hit us, was something that was challenging. Now, working from home we are realizing that establishing a work-life balance is harder than ever before. Before, we had a clear line between work and home. We would wake up, go to work, leave work, and be home. Now, we work from home and live with work. The lines are blurry. Today, we want to share with you some tips that will help you during these crazy times of distance learning but can also carry over as we continue to work and establish our balance between work and life. TIPS FOR CREATING A WORK-LIFE BALANCE: Tip #1: Stick to Your Work Hours Tip #2: Establish a Workspace Tip #3: Eat Lunch Away from Your Workspace Tip #4: Check Emails in Batches Tip #5: Develop a Routine CONCLUSION You have to remember that life is a balancing act. There will never be a secret recipe that works for EVERY season of your life. You will constantly have to readjust and make the work fit for what is happening now. Reflect on the changes that you have happening and adjust accordingly. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Farray, and we are here
0:05.8	to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.4	Now, guys, we are trying something incredibly different right now. Unfortunately, I don't have the pleasure
0:19.6	of having Michelle Farray in person live with me as we're doing this recording, and instead I'm having to enjoy her lovely face over Skype.
0:29.3	Which is just not quite as good as it typically is. I usually drive up to Bridget's house because she only lives about an hour and a half from me and we will
0:38.7	record a batch of podcasts all at once but obviously due to COVID-19 that is not a possibility right now
0:45.3	so we are trying something new we are recording via Skype give us some feedback we would love to know
0:50.6	what you're thinking send us an email or send us, you know, a DM on our Instagrams.
0:55.3	Bridget's is the letter classroom.
0:56.8	Mine is pocket full of primary.
0:58.7	And just let us know what you think.
1:00.6	If this is going to work long term or if we've got to figure something else out.
1:04.3	Yeah.
1:04.9	That is totally true.
1:06.3	So guys, we're working from home, right?
1:08.7	We have really been kind of thrown into this whole new
1:12.8	world for us as teachers. With COVID-19, we've had to make those adjustments and be able to
1:19.0	work from home as teachers. And it is really, really hard to have that separation when you're
1:25.0	working from home between your work and your life.
1:29.1	So we're going to be discussing some tips that Michelle and I have found really, really valuable
1:34.0	over these last couple of months that have really helped for us to establish a better work-life balance.
1:40.4	But before we jump into it, full force, I'm going to share a TSAH, a time-sucking hurdle from Allie.
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