June 15, 2015

How To Change your Perspective

 Cactus flowers-a study in perspective

This Monday is in desperate need of a lesson on ‘How to Change Your Perspective’. First, the rain does NOT help my ‘be-positive-at-work’ mission. Second, talking should be outlawed before 10 AM. Third, my alarm went off in the middle of my REM sleep.  So, without further ado, here is my Master Class on How to Change Your Perspective at 9:23 AM on a Monday morning.  I like to look at relaxing pictures. I know-it’s not some complicated, multi-faceted solution. But it’s beautiful in its simplicity. Also, you can stay more present during the weekend by taking pictures you know you will want to  look at Monday morning.  Here are…

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May 19, 2015

How To Change the Morning Routine

 Coffee is a part of the morning routine

Lately, I’ve been questioning how to change my morning routine at work. My current customs may sound familiar: Current Morning Routine 1: Arrive to “office building” (for me: high school)2: Sit down and open computer (for me: Dell, circa 1988)3: Log into Outlook (for me: don’t get me STARTED on Outlook.  Gross)4: Waste 20 minutes on Outlook (for me: read forgettable e-mail and half-draft responses)5: Migrate to Google Chrome browser for continued “work” (for me: meme research) 6: Bell rings for the beginning of “work” (for me: “first period”)   Today I realized:  Opening my computer obliterates my morning.  Because when I get to my first period class, do you know…

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May 5, 2015

Best Lunches for Work

 best lunches for work

In my continued quest to improve my work week (See related: Pick and Choose) I took a break from looking at memes on the internet working on my lesson plans to consider the question of the best lunches for work.  I realized my lunch is very functional.  Read: I eat it so I don’t starve.  I considered ways to make lunch more interesting and enjoyable and came up with the list below. Best Lunches for Work   1) Colorful Food.  Colorful food is pretty.  Personally, I eat salad a lot for lunch because I’m desperately trying to fit into last season’s bathing suit I want to save calories for ice cream…

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April 21, 2015

Wait Time

 Greyscale photo of woman with silent sign

Before we discuss wait time, I want to engage in a little warm up activity:   Step 1: Close your mouth and breathe in through your nose Step 2: Silently, slowly count to 5 Congratulations! You have just practiced the art of “how to shut the f#ck up for 5 seconds”.  It’s something I’ve realized recently I need more of in my life.  As a teacher, a female and a general eager-to-please type of person, I am not a huge fan of gaps in conversation.  It makes me uncomfortable-in that itchy, social-hives, am-I-boring kind of way.  However, while googling ways to have better conversations with my boyfriends students and professional colleagues,…

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