206. Setting Boundaries During the Holidays & Winter Party Hacks

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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We’ve got a two for one special today! We all need reminders just like our students need reminders with how to perform the simplest of tasks. In this case, we want to share some simple reminders that will help get you through the next few weeks of the holiday season (not that we’re counting down or anything *wink wink*). In this episode we are discussing the importance of setting boundaries during the holidays. We share some familiar tips that might help you reframe your thinking for a …. Doing it all, to letting certain things go (like Elsa). We end the podcast with some simple but effective holiday party hacks that will save you a little bit of sanity during a time when it is limited. We hope you love the episode! LINKS Be sure to check out the NEW 2024 planners! Visit www.teachingonthedouble.com/store 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 there, top teachers. We are your hosts, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman,
0:06.3	and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,
0:10.4	and productivity as a teacher. We are trying something new with today's episode. So y'all
0:16.6	are going to have to tell us whether you like it or not. We're going to basically divide this episode
0:21.6	in two. So you get almost like too many podcasts. We're going to start by chatting about
0:28.0	how to set boundaries during the holidays. And then we will share some simple winter party hacks.
0:34.5	But first, let's listen to a TSA from Lisa. Lisa says, I have a teammate who always, guys,
0:41.7	capital letters, always comes into chat during our planning block. It's often about something
0:46.7	negative with her class or her husband. Shade. Sorry. I just saw that part. And then knowing this, I will often take my stuff and hide out in another room so that she cannot distract me. The time it takes for me to pack up, find a space, get some work done, and then repack to return to my room is such a T-SH. I've tried turning my lights off and hiding in my room, but she finds me when I do that. Is it bad that I'm
1:13.3	excited when she leaves early or is absent because I can actually get things done? This is my first
1:18.8	year with her on my team, and it's only November. Oh, okay, so Lisa, first of all, no, it is not bad
1:26.8	that you get excited when she leaves early or is
1:29.2	absent, because as you said, then you're actually getting stuff done and that's obviously a good
1:34.1	feeling. My first question would be, have you had a conversation with her about how you need
1:41.5	to utilize your planning time for planning so that you can get out of school
1:46.7	on time, don't have to stay late, whatever it is. You never know. Like she may have no idea that
1:53.0	she is that big of a distraction to you. I mean, she should know, right? Like common sense would
1:57.9	say that she would. But some people just may not think that way. And so
2:01.8	you got to bring it up with her. And I'm saying this as someone that does not enjoy confrontation,
2:06.8	but you have to have that conversation with her. And I would just frame it as, hey, like, I really need to
2:13.6	utilize my planning time to get things done because X, Y, and Z. And especially with the new
2:20.2	year coming up, I think that's the perfect time to do it because you could even frame it as like,
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