Yesterday was a bad day! I worked on my lesson plans until I was seeing cross eyed! I finally gave up and went to the pool. Once I arrived there, my daughter was cold and wanted to go home. So, I came home to clean up the house and work on my lesson plans some more. Again, I didn't get very far with my lesson plans or house work. I went to cycling class. When I arrived home, my husband said that my one class I do for myself was not working. Right now, I don't want to address why it is not working. Then, I get a call from the director of vacation bible school addressing an incident with my son last week. I really couldn't wait to go to bed. Then, I read this. http://www.anvari.org/fun/Truth/Having_a_Bad_Day.html
I guess it could be worse.
As a society, I think that when one or two things go wrong, we then start to focus on all the wrong things. I started a list. Remember, I didn't tell you any good things that happened yesterday, like my cycling class was great, or we had a fun picnic at the pool. Too many people, myself included, focus on the negative and forget the positive. As educators, we must focus on the positive and address the negative, but not dwell on them. The students get enough negative without us adding to them. Sometimes it just takes one person to say one kind thing for our day to turn around. Laura
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Wow, I read about half way through those and realized that I don't really have bad days. I always tell people that I don't have bad days but after reading this I know that I really don't. Even when things haven't been great for me I was always given another day to improve on the last. I am truly blessed. Have a Great day
I am with you Laura. I think as women we tend to internalize the bad-which isn't as bad as we think it is. I know I tend to blame myself for the bad stuff. Note to self: Gotta stop doing that too! We can't control everything as much as we'd like to think. Que sera' sera'! Hope tomorrow's better.
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