When our resilience reserves are low, our resistance kicks in. We become overwhelmed, avoidant – and we stop taking care of ourselves. We resist good habits. In these times, we need to learn to s l o w d o w n. Try these 10 tips for slowing down that Elena Aguilar shares in this Edutopia article:
- Prune your goals.
- Prune your calendar.
- Allocate time to opening meetings.
- Allocate time to closing meetings.
- Prune the agenda.
- Ask a colleague a thoughtful question.
- Ask a student or a parent a thoughtful question.
- Eat lunch.
- Take a sick day.
- Practice self-care.