EP183 How one teacher set boundaries and stopped bringing work home
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 17 November 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Jessica H. shares how she balances home and work: "I realized that being a good teacher came at a really high price for me, at the expense of my family, relationships, and health. One day I decided that that price was higher than I was willing to pay. So I asked, "If I were to thrive — not just survive, but thrive — in my professional life, what would that look like? What would I have to do (and stop doing) to thrive?"
I encourage you to listen for specific things Jessica's done to create boundaries and consider how you could find approaches that work for you. We're not prescribing a one-size-fits-all approach here. My hope is that Jessica's story will inspire you to think outside the box and figure out a schedule that allows YOU to have clearer boundaries between home and work and more time for self-care.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 183 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.2 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds |
| 0:11.6 | and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:15.6 | Today I'm going to be talking with Jessica Holdaway about how she set clear boundaries around |
| 0:20.6 | her time and stopped bringing work home. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript or find our new |
| 0:27.4 | truth for teachers podcast community on Facebook. |
| 0:30.0 | You can share your thoughts on the show there and reflect with other listeners in our private group. |
| 0:35.0 | This episode is sponsored by ViewSonic Education. |
| 0:38.0 | They're the creator of View Board and My View Board, which is the Digital White Board and the Digital White Boarding app. |
| 0:45.0 | Together, these two tools help teachers create engaging lessons from anywhere |
| 0:49.0 | and then present them in the classroom. |
| 0:51.0 | Search the internet, open your favorite apps, and play educational videos |
| 0:55.1 | all from your digital whiteboard. To learn more, visit viewsonic.com. |
| 0:59.8 | So this is going to be the last episode of season 10 of Truth for Teachers. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm going to be taking a few weeks off and I will be back with new episodes most likely in late January of 2020. |
| 1:14.8 | You know I like to take breaks between seasons and this past summer I didn't take a break because |
| 1:19.1 | I did that special summer series. |
| 1:22.0 | So I'm going to take a little bit longer break here at the winter |
| 1:25.2 | holidays. So I thought it would be really nice to close out this season with an |
| 1:29.6 | interview that I did with a member of the 40-hour teacher work week club whose name is |
| 1:34.3 | Jessica Holdaway. She has a fantastic story about how she has found ways to |
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