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🗓️ 9 July 2023
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It’s a myth that “having a plan” means locking yourself into a rigid schedule from which you can’t deviate. Knowing the things you want to experience and accomplish (and carving out time for them) is one of the most powerful ways to craft a fulfilling life!
Lisa Woodruff recently interviewed me for her Organize365 podcast, and I wanted to play an excerpt of that conversation for you here.
Listen in as we talk about how we each fell in love with planning and how our individual planning processes have changed throughout our various seasons of life.
We each share how we schedule our time and manage our to-do lists, and what our summer schedules look like.
You’ll also hear us illuminate a few key truths we’ve uncovered through developing various productivity systems:
You can listen to the full conversation on the Organize365 podcast, or check out her organizational tools, such as the Education Friday workbox, which is a system that helps teachers get organized and reduce the amount of time spent on administrative tasks.
Click here to read the transcript and participate in the discussion or, join our podcast Facebook group here to connect with other teachers and discuss the Truth for Teachers' podcast episodes.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 281 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angela Watson |
0:08.0 | and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators and get you informed |
0:12.5 | and energized for the week ahead. Today I'm talking with Lisa Woodruff of the Organized |
0:17.8 | 365 podcast about how planning ahead can be a form of self-care. Visit truthforteachers.com |
0:25.1 | for an easy-to-read, easy-to-share version of this podcast episode. |
0:31.6 | My number one advice is join. If you are considering it, well you've probably found this |
0:36.0 | at just the right time in your life. Definitely highly recommend the program, really help me to |
0:41.2 | have a successful year. Be more proactive and intentional about how I use my time, how I grade |
0:50.8 | and also to make connections with other teachers. It gave me back time with my family. |
0:56.7 | I've had more time at home, I've had more time and just not family, it made it really easy. |
1:01.8 | It has allowed me to implement balance in my life. My students and I have a completely |
1:08.4 | different relationship level. I'm excited to be with the kids and they can definitely sense that. |
1:15.0 | Welcome back to the show. Those were some testimonials from educators in my 40-hour |
1:25.5 | teacher workweek program. If you want to learn more and you want to join us for the upcoming |
1:30.6 | school year, just go to 40htw.com for zerohtw.com and you can learn more about how to get into the |
1:38.4 | program and start taking back your nights and weekends as well. In today's episode, I'm letting |
1:44.4 | you listen in on an excerpt of a conversation I had with Lisa Woodruff of the organized 365 |
1:50.4 | podcast. She is also the creator of the Education Friday Workbox, which is a system that helps teachers |
1:57.7 | make the invisible administrative work visible, so you can streamline, automate or eliminate it. |
2:03.9 | You can hear our full conversation over on her podcast, but I wanted to highlight a portion of |
2:09.0 | it here for you, which is about planning ahead and why that can be a form of self-care. If you're a |
2:15.1 | person who likes to have a plan, I think you'll find this interview incredibly validating. |
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