Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Emerson, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

Listen, if you are a procrastinator just like me, then this episode is for you. It can be so easy to push off big projects or even small tasks because you don't

feel like you're up to it or maybe you're just too busy. But the reality is that we need those

deadlines to help hold us accountable. So in this episode, we're going to give you some tips to

help you stick to those deadlines. But first, speaking of procrastination, no, let's hear a

TSAH from Robin. Robin says, my TSAH is the journal program I've created with my sixth grade English students.

Every two weeks, each section turns in a journal with at least three entries. I read and write a response in every journal.

It's an amazing year-long project that helps me build strong connections with all my students.

But responding to 16 journals at a time with thoughtful notes is a huge time suck. I've planned

the due date so one section submits one week and the other two submit the next,

but every time I feel like I finally can work on catching up on everything else, I end up with

a pile of journals I need to respond to in a day so the kids can have them back to write their

next set of entries. When I'm rushed and overwhelmed with a massive to-do list, I write much shorter responses,

but the kids are bummed not to get a personalized note. Wow, this one's really hard, Robin,

because I can understand how much of a connection it is making with your students. And I think

you're obviously your students

really appreciate it because when you write those much shorter responses, I can hear that they're,

you know, you said that they're bummed out. But I completely understand where this is such a huge

time suck. And honestly, this is one of the reasons why I don't do it. Because several years ago,

I was the same way. I was just starting fourth grade and I was like, oh my gosh, I want to do a

journal response. I want them to write and I'm going to respond to them and I had 40 kids.

And writing responses to every single student is just not feasible. I mean, it wasn't something

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