Well, hello there, top teachers. Today, I'm your solo host, Michelle Foray, and I'm here to make

your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

Now, as many of you already know, we are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, which is scary and it's something we are all adjusting

to. So that means we're spending a lot more time at home and as a result, we are jumping into

this new adventure that is distance learning. As a result, we are trying to balance a lot of

different things. We're trying to learn new

technology. We're trying to adjust to new schedules. And we're trying to establish a work-life balance

from home, which is hard. So I figured for today's bonus episode, I could take you all along

with me behind the scenes for a week in my life.

Now, I'm not an expert at this whole working from home thing.

Okay, I'm just going to throw that out there.

But I have learned a few tricks along the way that I can't wait to share with you in this episode.

So let's not waste any more time and jump right into it.

Good morning.

And I'm using the term morning very loosely because it is Sunday.

And I do love to sleep in on the weekends, at least when I'm not forcing myself to wake up at 5 a.m. Like I did back in February. I definitely have been feeling exhausted from teaching online.

And it sounds weird to say that because you think about it. And it seems like teaching from home

would be easier. Like you're not in front of

your students all day, you're seated, but I will tell you that I have been so much more

mentally exhausted this past week from teaching online than I've probably ever been in the classroom.

So you better believe I slept in this morning. Now, my plans are

for today to be a pretty laid back day. My number one goal is to not touch anything school-related.

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