There are 100 essay outlines
to review,
a fire drill at 10 am,
a staff meeting,
team meeting,
CLT meeting,
3 student meetings,
a new unit to launch,
2 student reentry conversations,
a committee to chair,
dinner to make,
laundry to do,
dogs to walk,
all by Friday.
This morning I got a good laugh:
sign up for the county’s
work/life balance support group.
When in the world
would I have time?
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I liked when someone mentioned that instead of life-work balance we should think of life-work harmony. Makes it somewhat gentler. For teacher, I think, the only way to attain it is to be a part-timer.
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This post takes me right back. Recently, I was skimming through the past 20 years in my 2 ten-years-each volumes of snippet-a-day diaries. When I came up for air, I said to my husband, “Dang. I worked really hard!” He replied, “Yes, yes you did.” At the time it was simply what I needed to do to get through the days/weeks/months. I can’t imagine now how I managed! Thank goodness for retirement!
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I can feel this in so many ways! The way you listed the items to do creates that anxiety I think most, if not all, of us feel in a day’s time. The ending was a perfect twist!
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I love lists! But this one hits too close to home. A classic teacher list poem. The enormity of all those things piled high: just unbelievable, except not. Unfortunately, it’s the norm. “This morning I got a good laugh: /sign up for the county’s / work/life balance support group.” If only this support group could take 10 things off your plate!
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100%… in fact, I deleted that email before even opening it. I know the intention is to help, but sometimes it feels like sending floaties to someone drowning in a waterfall. Your juxtaposition of words is powerful.
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Point well-made. I had the same thought when I saw that HR email. And to think you only listed the most pressing “to-do” items.
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