Teacher with "ME time?"

Why do teachers love summer so much?  This is the time when things can wind down a little and maybe, just MAYBE we can get some time for ourselves.

Summer, however, is coming to a close.  The notices about lunch and recess duty have come out, the trips to the classroom to try to get things set up have started, the purchases of clothes pins, index cards, posters and bulletin board boarders have begun.  What does this mean for our time?  It means those 24 hours in the day get packed solid.

Before you know it, you're heading the union, leading a committee that has to undergo some sort of state approval, sitting as a member of 4 other committees that you probably can't even name off the top of your head and completely forgot about until you received the emails that you have a meeting to attend, learning a new curriculum for a program that you're piloting, putting together data for students that you have already taught for people who don't even want to look at it, OH!  And don't forget the day-to-day stuff...like, grading kids' papers, keeping in touch with parents, creating lesson plans, revamping your lessons when the technology you planned to use doesn't work as planned, updating your web site, entering grades, creating missing work reports.....

We have to fit all of these things in while also being parents that have soccer games to attend, homework to help clarify, and scraped knees to bandage (with that possible emergency room visit for various sprained body parts and bee stings).

We MAY even want some time with our spouses!  Yes.....there is a reason why teachers were always portrayed as old, unwed, spinsters.....They didn't have TIME for a social life!

So, now that school is starting up again and the craziness is beginning, how are you going to make time for YOU?  Getting time in for everything else is enough of a challenge, but how do you fit in time for yourself?

I have actually scheduled in my "Me Time."  My calendar has "workout" blocked out first thing in the morning.  That is MY "Me Time."  It is not time for me to be a wife or a mom or a teacher...it is all for ME.  I get my workout done, make my breakfast and sit with my cup of coffee (and maybe even a BOOK!) for a few minutes.  It isn't a long stretch of time, but it is my time.  When is your "Me Time?"

Do you need help with scheduling in a consistent time for you that you can stick to?  Let's chat.  Email me at coachmomnteach@gmail.com