Welcome to Season 5 episode 13, Evangila Watson's Truth for Teachers.

I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth.

Into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.

Today I'm going to share the simplest, easiest way that you can stop feeling overwhelmed

and constantly over-scheduled. Visit Truth for Teacher. overwhelmed and

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I want to use this episode to dive more deeply into a topic that I've touched on quite a few times and that is the problem of overwhelm.

Overwhel is a huge issue for just about everyone, but particularly for teachers.

And I want to help you understand an important contributing factor that a lot of people underestimate,

or just don't give much thought to.

Once you understand what's creating or worsening your feeling of being overwhelmed,

the solution becomes clear, simple, and pretty straightforward.

So why is it that you don't mind students calling your name for something off topic at certain

moments, but at other times when they do that, you annoyed and you yell at them for interrupting.

Why is a traffic jam not a huge deal on certain days,

but it's nearly enough to send you into a mental breakdown at other times.

How come your computer freezing up is something that you're able to calmly troubleshoot at

certain times, and at other times you just want to throw the device out the window. A lot of our reaction

has to do with how rushed we're feeling and how much the interruption is going

to interfere with our plan for the day. If you are fully present with your class

and you're focused on engaging them in a really well-paced lesson, an off-topic

question won't be quite as annoying as when you have 10 minutes of class time to go over 35 problems.

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