EP249 What if we stop moving goal posts, and enjoy where we're at?
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The constant pressure to achieve more, work harder, increase results, generate more money, and so on can be exhausting.
In this episode, I wanted to share some things I've been mulling over in terms of holistic wealth and wellbeing, and what it means to use our time well.
What if we didn't try to maximize EVERY moment, and instead allowed for some moments of rest, daydreaming, and moving slowly with intention?
What if we identified some things that add a richness and satisfaction to our lives, and prioritized those activities at the same level as "getting things done"?
What might it look like — in our schools and in our personal lives — if we weren't constantly upping the ante and working toward the next goal, but focused on reveling in what we've already done?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 249 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angela Watson |
| 0:07.6 | and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into the minds and hearts of educators |
| 0:13.4 | and get you energized for the week ahead. Today I'm talking about holistic wealth and |
| 0:19.4 | what it means to enjoy where we're at instead of constantly striving for more. Visit truthforteachers.com |
| 0:26.0 | to get an easy-to-read, easy-to-share version of this podcast episode. |
| 0:31.2 | Computing priorities can make it difficult to find time for socio-emotional learning. |
| 0:35.8 | Word workouts, available at wordworkouts.org, is a free pre-K-12 lesson library |
| 0:42.3 | that helps students reflect on the most common emotions they feel every day, |
| 0:46.4 | like worry, confidence and calm. Each lesson combines a physical movement video with a set of |
| 0:52.1 | reflection prompts that are all related to a single emotion and can be done in as little as |
| 0:57.2 | 10 minutes. You can use them for brain breaks or during advisory periods. To start using this |
| 1:03.3 | 100% free resource with your students, visit wordworkouts.org. That's w-o-r-d-w-o-r-k-o-u-t-s.org. |
| 1:16.1 | If your administrators are feeling helpless right now to do anything about Teacher Burnout this |
| 1:20.6 | year, let them know about the 40-hour leadership program. It's a new offshoot of my 40-hour |
| 1:26.8 | teacher workweek program that is designed to create change at the school level, helping everyone |
| 1:32.2 | in the building to stay focused on what really makes a difference for kids, and streamline or eliminate |
| 1:37.6 | the rest. 40-hour leadership is an entirely self-paced program for administrators that only requires |
| 1:44.3 | an upfront and time investment of around 10 hours to reimagine systems and simplify processes |
| 1:50.7 | to save everyone in your building time and energy every single day. We can work with your school |
| 1:56.5 | to acquire grant funding and professional development money to cover the cost via purchase order, |
| 2:02.0 | and we offer additional consulting packages for personalized coaching and support. |
| 2:07.1 | Go to 4-0-htw.com to learn more about the 40-hour leadership program and our other 40-hour |
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