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Teaching to the TOP

158. Tackling the Year Ahead: What Are Our Plans?

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It's a brand new year and we want to share our plan for 2023! No more resolutions. We are now tackling a new approach to getting very clear on what we want to accomplish and be in 2023.  So grab your digital planners and turn to your quarterly pages because in this episode we want to dive deep into our BIG goals. We may not know the path that we need to take just yet, but when we have these big goals spread out over the 12 months we can be more intentional with our time.  SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have a chance to be featured on the podcast! 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, they are top teachers. We are your hosts, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman,

0:05.8

and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,

0:10.0

and productivity as a teacher. It is officially 20, 23, and we love the fresh start that comes with

0:18.3

a new year. If you have listened to our podcast for a while,

0:21.8

you already know, Bridget and I are not huge fans of New Year's resolutions because they don't

0:27.8

last. And the reason they don't last is because most people don't spend the time it takes to

0:33.2

build habits around that goal. So in today's episode, we're going to be sharing our personal goals

0:39.5

for the year ahead, the things we want to accomplish, and then we're going to kind of take

0:43.7

you behind the scenes a little bit as we start to create a plan for actually getting them done.

0:48.9

Yeah, but before that, we're going to jump into a TSA from Stephanie. Stephanie says, my TSAH is staying attuned, finding one simple

0:59.2

system. Did I say that word right? Attuned? Yeah, attuned. Okay. That's a new word in my vocabulary

1:05.2

there, people. With all of the things that need to be organized to help me stay sane, it can get

1:10.7

overwhelming.

1:11.8

A system for my filing cabinet, a system for my Google Drive, a system for my computer,

1:16.1

a system for the subjects.

1:17.7

I teach as an elementary teacher and a system for professional notes, HR docs, etc.

1:22.7

I just wish that there was a way to simplify all of those systems into one because I don't feel

1:29.3

that I can do them all well. Hashtag spread too thin. Can you help? Thanks. You know, it's funny when

1:36.1

I first read the hashtag spread too thin. Yeah. My head read it as spread too thin. And I was like,

1:42.0

what does that mean? And then I realized. So I feel like there are a few

1:47.7

different things that play here. Ultimately, you're never going to have just one system for all the

1:54.1

things. That's just not realistic. You have to have separate systems for physical items and materials and digital items and

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