πΏ What you might stop doing
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Hello Reader! At some point this fall, you may notice that the work you chose only becomes sustainable once you stop doing something else, and that realization tends to arrive quietly - often while you are staring at a task you have done for years without ever asking why. Perhaps it is a weekly log you have required since your first year of teaching, a form you fill out every Friday, or a routine that was always simply there. Many of these fixtures take up planning time, grading time, and attention that you now need for the work that actually matters to you this year. Rather than adding one more thing to make room for your new focus, the invitation is to go looking for what you could remove instead, and you may find it almost immediately once you start asking the honest question: what is this actually doing for my students, or me, right now? We know that most of us are far more practiced at adding than editing! Schools reward visible effort, new initiatives, and fuller calendars, and editing, the quiet cutting of what no longer earns its place, rarely gets celebrated, even though it is often the very thing that creates room for real growth to happen. From here, this week's invitation is a small audit of one recurring task, ritual, or requirement in your practice that you have never really questioned, examined honestly for whether it still adds value. A couple of questions to sit with: Purpose, priorities, and a willingness to edit are the three things that make room for growth, and they can make room for yours this month. We would love to hear what you are considering setting down this fall. Warmly, Tammy P.S. Don't miss out on tomorrow's email... another awesome episode of the podcast is out! Be sure to open tomorrow's email for the link! You might be seeing an ad here. If so, it's because it's a sponsored ad. All you have to do is click the link and we will get a small kick back for your click. You don't even have to sign up! We appreciate the clicks! |
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