066. How WE Play Catch-up When We Get Behind

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Life has a way of throwing curveballs, especially during times when you feel like you have it all together. Earlier this year we both had a period that took the rug right out from under us. It put us behind in our personal tasks, and work tasks. While this can be overwhelming and frustrating, there are strategies that have helped us not only reduce stress but also play catch-up. While these tips we are sharing are not evolutionary, they are a good reminder during difficult times. Save this episode, and come back to it as a mode of inspiration that will guide you through stressful and overwhelming times. In this episode we share: Prioritize what is important (What is glass and what is rubber?) Create a plan but brain dumping every task and to-do in your head There are times when we have to break the rules Ask for help, and know that this does not make you a failure LINKS: 045. The REALITY of Establishing Balance 064. How WE Handle Stress as a Teacher Submit your TSH 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 Emerson,
0:05.4	and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,
0:10.3	and productivity as a teacher. Today's episode is all about playing catch up. No,
0:15.9	not the condiment you put on hot dogs. This episode is going to focus on how to get all your work done when life
0:23.7	gets in the way and you get behind. But first, let's hear a TSA from a top teacher. This top teacher
0:30.7	says that their time-sucking hurdle is trying to get all of the work I missed done. I recently had to
0:37.2	miss school because my kid got sick and I
0:39.3	had to stay home. I feel like I returned to school and had a huge mountain of things to get done and no
0:44.8	time to do it. Help me. Listen, this school year has been a real challenge for so many of us in this
0:50.6	area. It seems like we've had everything thrown at us from illness to virtual to weather
0:55.7	days and we completely understand where you're coming from. Yeah, this happens to all of us at some
1:01.3	point. Life just gets in the way as it does and we have to make adjustments. It definitely isn't
1:07.7	easy, but we are going to hopefully give you some great tips in this episode to help you power through and get it done.
1:14.6	So in the beginning of this year, I think Michelle and I both had crazy experiences where we just really got behind.
1:21.3	And so we want to share our experience with you and also kind of give you some ideas of how we went about just trying to play that
1:29.0	catch up, tried to play catch up in general. So I'm going to start with my experience. Is that okay?
1:34.7	Yes, go for it. All right. Thanks. So for me, it was in December. In December, I ended up getting
1:43.4	a sick. We actually had to go virtual for a
1:46.2	little bit because we had really high COVID cases in our district. So we went virtual for about a week.
1:52.2	And I think it was like the third or fourth day, us being virtual that I realized that I wasn't
1:56.7	feeling good. Went and got a test. Sure enough, I was positive for COVID, and I got really sick
2:03.3	afterwards. And it ended up being that I was sick for about five to six weeks, which was kind of
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