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197. A Teacher Summer Self Care and Recovery Plan That Doesn’t Feel Like Work · Teacher Approved: Elementary Teacher Tips & Strategies

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  Heidi: This is episode 197 of Teacher Approved.
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  You're listening to Teacher Approved, the podcast helping
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  educators elevate what matters and simplify the rest. I'm
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  Heidi.
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  Emily: And I'm Emily. We're the creators behind Second Story
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  Window, where we give research based and teacher approved
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  strategies that make teaching less stressful and more
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  effective. You can check out the show notes and resources from
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  each episode at secondstorywindow.net.
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  Heidi: We're so glad you're tuning in today. Let's get to
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  the show.
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  Emily: Hey there. Thanks for joining us today. In today's
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  episode, we're diving into why recovery after the school year
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  is essential, and sharing a teacher approved tip for
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  creating a summer bucket list that actually helps you recover.
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  Heidi: Let's start with a try it tomorrow, where we share a quick
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  win that you can try right away. Emily, what do you have for us
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  this week?
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  Emily: This one's simple. Just write a sticky note that says, I
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  will come back to this later, and then you stick it on your
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  desk, your laptop, or even your teacher bag. It's your visual
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  permission slip to pause. Not everything has to be handled
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  right now.
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  Heidi: If you like this idea or anything else we share here on
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  the podcast, would you take a second and give us a five star
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  rating? Ratings and reviews are one way that new listeners find
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  us. So every rating and review is a huge help to us.
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  Emily: It's true, we do a little happy dance every time we get a
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  new review.
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  Heidi: We do.
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  Emily: So this episode is coming to you in early June, which
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  Heidi: And if you are anything like we were in our teaching
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  means many of you are either done with school for the year,
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  or you can see the finish line just ahead of you.
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  days, you are probably experiencing a weird mix of
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  emotions right now. There's relief that the year is ending,
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  exhaustion for making it through, excitement for the
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  summer, and maybe even a touch of guilt.
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  Emily: Yeah, and unfortunately, that guilt can be loud. It can
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  shout at you from lots of places. There might be guilt
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  about being relieved that the school year is over, or guilt
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  over what you could have done more for your kids during the
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  year, and guilt that you had to put so much of your real life on
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  hold to manage your teacher life.
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  Heidi: And of course, we can't forget the summer guilt that you
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  should be filling your time with projects and plans and
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  professional development when really all you have the energy
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  for is moving from the bed to the couch.
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  Emily: Yeah, there were plenty of summers where I would
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  painstakingly outline an epic color-coded to do list that was
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  full of huge projects, like revamping the whole math walk,
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  you know, or reading all the professional development books,
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  redoing all of the bulletin boards.
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  Heidi: All of the things all of the time. That is how we roll.
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  And Emily, how many of those things actually got done?
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  Emily: Well, you know, it depended on the summer, but
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  never, all, never, all, my ideas were always too ambitious. But,
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  you know, my body had other plans, so I'd sleep in, plan to
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  get started later in the day after I watched a few episodes
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  of the show I'm binging, you know, and then after a couple
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  weeks, that guilt creeps in, and I would throw myself into my
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  projects like I was being paid for it, which, let's not forget,
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  I was not and neither are you. And then I chomp on the first
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  day of school, just totally exhausted and bummed out that I
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  lost my whole summer.
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  Heidi: Hmm, maybe that sounds familiar to you like it does to
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  me. This is such a common experience for teachers. You go
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  from sprinting full speed to a complete stop, and then there's
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  the deep spiral into panic mode.
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  Emily: And that is totally not healthy, and it's just not
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  sustainable. Rest is protective and essential, but if you
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  struggle to feel that way, maybe reframing how you think about
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  downtime would be useful.
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  Heidi: So to help with that reframing, we are revisiting the
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  four R's of recovery that we talked about way back in episode
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  13 and in episode 65. But we are adding a fresh perspective,
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  specifically focusing on why teacher recovery is not just
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  nice, but necessary, and why the guilt that we feel about it is
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  misplaced.
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  Emily: So let's just start there. Recovery is not
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  indulgent. It is necessary. It's a fundamental human need.
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  Heidi: Exactly. You are not a machine, and when you push too
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  hard for too long, your body and your brain start waving little
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  red flags that might show up as headaches, brain fog, low moods
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  and that bone deep exhaustion that coffee cannot fix.
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  Emily: Maybe you've noticed some of those flags. It takes actual
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  intentional rest to manage them. Rest is how your nervous system
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  resets, how your immune system rebuilds, and how your mind gets
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  a chance to sift through all of the noise. Ignoring recovery is
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  what leads to burnout, and we don't want that for us or for
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  you.
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  Heidi: If you're like a lot of teachers, you probably hold
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  yourself to pretty high standards, and when it comes to
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  recovery, that might mean that you want to put limits on the
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  amount of rest that you think you should require. But after
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  almost a decade of chronic illness, I am here to tell you
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  that bodies, unfortunately, don't work that way. You need
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  exactly as much rest as your body wants, even if that doesn't
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  fit into your schedule.
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  Emily: Yeah, and the amount of recovery you need is directly
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  proportional to the amount of stress and demand that you've
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  been under. Teaching is one of the most demanding professions
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  out there, and teachers make an average of 1500 educational
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  decisions per day.
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  Heidi: That is an enormous cognitive load, and that's just
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  the instructional decisions. We're not counting all of the
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  interpersonal, organizational and emotional decisions that
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  teachers face daily.
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  Emily: And when June hits and you find yourself staring at the
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  takeout menu like it's an algebra problem, or scrolling
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  Netflix, unable to choose anything to watch, that is not
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  laziness. That is just decision fatigue catching up with you.
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  Heidi: I've been there. Decision fatigue is no joke, and feeling
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  tired is not a moral failing. Your brain and body are sending
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  you important signals and you need to listen, or your brain
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  and body will make sure that you listen.
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  Emily: Yeah, it's kind of like your check engine light coming
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  on in your car, like you wouldn't ignore that, right?
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  Heidi: It did take me three months to get my car registered
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  this year. When I went to pick it up, they were out of the
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  little stickers for the license plate because it'd been so long.
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  Emily: So they didn't have the month that you needed.
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  Heidi: I had to mail away for it.
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  Emily: Oh my gosh. Okay, guys, don't take car advice from
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  Heidi. Just FYI. My service light turned on today in my car
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  because I will almost need an oil change very soon, and I
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  already was like, alright, this many miles left, then I need to
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  get it scheduled, because I am always on top of my car lights.
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  You can take car advice from me. But okay, moving on from that
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  analogy, our exhaustion is a warning signal we should pay
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  attention to. Don't push through it or feel guilty about it or
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  wait three months to deal with it like Heidi.
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  Heidi: Mmm, feels a little pointed.
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  Emily: I'm sorry.
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  Heidi: So let's talk through the four R's of recovery. Relax,
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  refresh, refocus and recharge. Each one plays a unique role in
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  helping you recover.
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  Emily: So starting with our first R, relaxing means engaging
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  in activities that are fun, freeing, and make you smile or
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  laugh. It's the art of doing something simply because it
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  feels good, not because it checks a box.
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  Heidi: But there's also an important mindset component to
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  recovery. It's about giving yourself permission to just be
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  without any productivity goals.
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  Emily: That's the hardest part for teachers, isn't it? We're so
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  used to measuring our worth by what we accomplish, I have to do
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  a hostage negotiation with myself to feel like reading a
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  novel during the day is actually okay and I'm not doing anything
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  wrong.
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  Heidi: If it's hard for you to embrace relaxing, try reminding
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  yourself that relaxation is a form of productivity. It just
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  looks a little different than grading math tests or vacuuming
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  your living room. Relaxation is productively giving your brain
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  the space to sort, heal, and restore.
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  Emily: Oh, I love that reframe, and it resonates with me,
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  because I have totally felt that guilt, like if I'm not actively
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  filling my summer with a huge list of tasks, then I'm somehow
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  falling behind or letting people down. But what if taking the
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  time for genuine relaxation is actually making you a better
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  teacher?
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  Heidi: Yes, we can't keep pouring from an empty cup. So
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  Emily, what are some practical ways that teachers can embrace
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  relaxation without guilt?
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  Emily: Well, first, and I think this is the best way, is to
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  schedule it. Put do nothing time on your calendar. Sometimes
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  scheduling something can give you the permission that you need
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  to follow through. Another idea is to leave your plan book
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  closed for at least a week, or maybe several weeks, if you can,
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  after summer starts. Hide your teacher bag in the trunk of your
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  car where it can't taunt you. And third, try this mantra, my
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  worth is not measured by my productivity.
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  Heidi: I love that. I am actually looking at a sticky
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  note on my computer right now that says productivity is about
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  more than output. I need this reminder daily that checking
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  things off a list might feel satisfying in the moment, but it
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  isn't the true key to happiness, supposedly. I am not less
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  valuable when I'm scrolling Instagram or, you know, just
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  doing something for fun, I'm a human doing her best. And
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  honestly, that is more than enough.
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  Emily: For sure. And I always think I'm a human being, not a
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  human doing.
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  Heidi: Oh, there you go.
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  Heidi: Nope. That's too crazy.
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  Emily: That helps. If you also struggle with this, try making a
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  Emily: Or trying some new tea flavors, or organizing your
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  summer slow list, a list of relaxing things to do, like
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  watching a whole movie in one sitting, maybe even without your
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  phone out.
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  photos, which is something I'm doing this summer, which I have
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  to say, it doesn't feel that slow. It feels kind of
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  stressful, but it is a, it is a big fun project, and I'll be so
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  glad, it's a good, it's a good one. Nothing has to be finished
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  or optimized, though. So if you don't get it done, it's okay,
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  because this is about giving yourself permission to just slow
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  down and be.
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  Heidi: Those are some great ideas. I'm kind of tempted to
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  start my own summer list now, especially if it has things like
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  afternoon reading breaks and episodes of The Great British
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  Bake Off.
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  Emily: Our second type of recovery is to refresh. This is
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  all about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that maybe got
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  pushed to the side during the school year. It's the you that
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  exists outside of lesson plans and grading and team meetings.
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  Heidi: A refreshful recovery—is refreshful a word? I think it
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  should be. A refreshful recovery might include hobbies, travel,
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  long lunches with friends, spending time outside, playing
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  video games, gardening, cooking, learning something new, calling
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  up an old friend for a long catch up, or finally finishing
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  that book that's been sitting on your nightstand since November.
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  Anything that helps you feel a little more centered fits the
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  bill.
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  Emily: Since the goal with refreshing is to feel more like
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  your true self, what's refreshing for one person can
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  vary wildly from what's refreshing for someone else. So
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  maybe for you, it's refreshing to write in a journal or binge
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  watch a comfort show, guilt free, but someone else may need
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  the excitement of diving into a new craft project.
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  Heidi: And don't feel like you have to put limits on what
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  refreshing looks like. Even a walk around the block with your
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  dog or whipping up something new in the kitchen can be deeply
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  refreshing.
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  Emily: And if you're the type of person who finds joy in learning
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  something new, maybe you should take a class just for fun with
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  zero tests and definitely no grading. Whatever helps you feel
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  a little more like yourself and a little more grounded, that is
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  what refreshing is all about.
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  Heidi: If you're stumped for ideas about what feels
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  refreshing, try making a list of things you enjoyed before
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  becoming a teacher or a busy mom, and then commit to
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  revisiting at least one of those things. That doesn't mean it has
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  to be your whole personality. It can be as simple as subscribing
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  to accounts related to hiking and photography on social media.
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  Emily: Yeah, even baby steps can move us forward.
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  And that brings us to the third R in our recovery framework,
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  refocus.
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  Heidi: For a refocused recovery, we're talking about regrounding
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  yourself in the rhythms that make your life feel manageable
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  and meaningful and maybe even kind of lovely. It's not about
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  adding more to your to do list or reinventing your whole life.
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  It's about gently tuning into what helps you feel functional
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  and centered.
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  Emily: So try asking yourself, what keeps me fastened to my
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  foundation? What habits or rituals make me feel most like
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  myself, not just a teacher, a parent, a partner or the fixer
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  of all the things, but you know, as like a whole breathing human
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  person?
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  Heidi: Start by listing out the routines and anchors that help
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  you stay afloat. That could be things like staying on top of
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  the laundry so your Tuesday doesn't start with an underwear
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  crisis, or even getting back to a regular exercise habit,
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  because your body feels better when you move.
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  Emily: That reminds me, I have laundry I need to go move. It's
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  hard to stay on top of the laundry. Refocusing is all about
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  returning to your daily rituals with intention and not
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  obligation. We're not building this into a perfectly optimized
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  routine that we're going to beat ourselves up for failing to
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  follow with 100% fidelity. You know that phrase. This is more
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  about reintroducing a morning walk, stretching with your
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  coffee, journaling for five minutes while the house is still
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  quiet, or finally lighting the candle that you keep saving for
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  the perfect moment.
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  Heidi: For you, it might be a date night that reminds you of
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  who you are outside of carpool duty or a devotional or
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  meditation that recenters you in something bigger than your
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  classroom tasks.
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  Emily: Think about your morning and evening transitions. Are
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  they rushed and chaotic or calm and nourishing? Can you make a
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  little space to wind down with a cup of tea to prep breakfast the
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  night before, or to set the tone for your day with sunshine
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  instead of email, which, guilty.
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  Heidi: Refocusing isn't glamorous, but it is really
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  powerful for me. I think it might be the most effective form
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  of recovery. It helps me put things back in place, both
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  literally and figuratively, if you could see my house, so that
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  I can face the next chapter from a place of calm and strength,
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  instead of burnout and disarray.
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  Emily: When the school year is in full swing, we so often move
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  into survival mode. Everything gets compressed, and the first
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  things to go are usually the small, quiet rhythms that
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  actually make us feel like a really happy, healthy human.
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  Summer is the chance to reset that so plan to refocus on
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  whatever routines make your body feel cared for, your mind feel
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  clear, and your home feel rich and happy.
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  Heidi: And that brings us to our final R, which is to recharge.
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  This emphasizes activities that fill you up with energy and
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  excitement.
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  Emily: Recharging is about building up positive energy by
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  actively refueling. Now this is different from our first R,
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  relaxing.
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  Heidi: Try thinking of relaxing versus recharging as checking
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  out versus checking in. Relaxing can involve a lot of losing
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  yourself in something enjoyable or even just something that's
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  non demanding, like spending two hours playing a game on your
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  phone. Recharging, though, is more about dialing in. It's
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  rediscovering the things that light you up.
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  Emily: Now, what recharges one person might completely drain
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  another. There's no one size fits all approach,
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  unfortunately. So you're going to have to think about what
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  gives you energy, mentally, emotionally and physically. For
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  one it might be solo walks with the podcast. For someone else,
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  it might be hiking with friends, baking or organizing a drawer, I
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  know, but that really can be energizing.
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  Heidi: If you're not sure what recharges you, take notes. Pay
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  attention to what leaves you feeling better and not drained
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  afterward. Keep a list of quick ideas so when your energy is
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  low, you don't have to guess what might boost that energy
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  level back up.
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  Emily: Yeah, I love that, because when you're tired, it's
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  hard to think of what would help. Having a pre made list
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  will make a big difference. And just remember there's no right
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  way to recharge. The goal is just to find what works for you
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  and make space for it.
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  Heidi: And remember that even small changes in a routine can
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  have a big impact on how recharged we feel.
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  Emily: Yeah, it's just being proactive about energy
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  management, and it's something I've realized lately too, that,
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  like, I know that what I'm doing is actually a recharging
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  activity, if when I'm done with that, I'm, like, excited and not
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  like, uh. You know, so believe me, scrolling the phone for a
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  long time does not leave me feeling like that.
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  Heidi: No, I can imagine that that wouldn't work. Well, that's
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  a really good thing to pay attention to. Another aspect of
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  recharging is identifying and eliminating energy drains. For
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  me, I found that a surprising drain was having the news on
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  while getting ready in the morning. Nobody needs that in
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  their life, so switching to music made an immediate
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  difference in my energy level.
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  Emily: Yeah, and it's worth noting that what recharges you
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  might change over time or in different seasons of life. The
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  activities that filled your tank five years ago just might not do
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  the job anymore.
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  Heidi: Oh, that's such a good point. It's worth reassessing
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  regularly and being open to discovering new sources of
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  energy.
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  Emily: Okay, so let's recap those four Rs of teacher
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  recovery. First is relax, give yourself permission to rest
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  without guilt. Second is refresh, reconnect with who you
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  are outside of teaching. Refocus is to rebuild the rhythms that
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  keep your life running, and then to recharge is to find what
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  fills your tank and do more of it.
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  Heidi: Many teachers worry that if they fully embrace these four
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  Rs during summer, they'll somehow be less prepared for the
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  next school year. And if you feel that guilt hovering around
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  you, I want you to shoo it away right now.
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  Emily: Yeah, there's this misconception that rest and
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  preparation are opposites, but recovery is preparation. That's
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  how we come back stronger.
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  Heidi: And research does back us up on this one. Studies show
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  that adequate recovery periods lead to higher productivity,
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  better decision making, and greater resilience when
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  challenges arise.
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  Emily: So if you're feeling guilty about not using your
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  summer to revamp your entire curriculum or reorganize your
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  classroom library, just let that guilt go.
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  Heidi: Yeah, your future students deserve a teacher who's
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  rested, recharged and ready to give them their best, not
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  because she hustled all summer, but because she took care of
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  herself.
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  Emily: If you know a teacher who could use a little permission to
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  rest, would you send this episode their way and come share
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  your recovery plans with us in our Facebook group? We could all
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  benefit from the ideas.
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  Now for our teacher approved Tip of the Week, where we share an
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  actionable tip to help you elevate what matters and
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  simplify the rest. This week's teacher approved tip is to make
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  your own personalized summer recovery plan. Tell us about it,
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  Heidi.
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  Heidi: Well, most summer lists focus on fun activities or
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  travel plans, which is great. We're totally here for that. But
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  teachers, I recommend creating a 4R recovery bucket list that
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  deliberately incorporates activities from each of our
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  recovery categories.
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  Emily: Oh, I love this idea. So what does that look like in
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  practice?
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  Heidi: Well start by grabbing our free end of year roadmap
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  from the show notes. There's a page in there that is set up to
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  help you tailor the perfect recovery plan for you. Now, all
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  of this is in Google Sheets, so you can type right on the page.
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  And I like that, because it's just so much quicker than
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  handwriting. You start by reflecting on where you're at as
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  the school year wraps up and envisioning what you need to get
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  out of your summer. And then there are boxes for the 4 Rs of
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  recovery—relax, refresh, refocus and recharge.
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  Emily: The next step is to brainstorm three to five
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  specific activities for each category that you want to
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  prioritize this summer. And make these concrete ideas, not just
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  relax more. You might really need to focus on recharging,
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  which is totally fine, but try to come up with a few ideas for
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  each area of recovery.
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  Heidi: Yeah, exactly. So for relax, you might write, read the
• 19:30
  new Emily Henry novel, or catch up on The Last of Us.
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  Emily: Although I have to say, I don't think the Last of Us is
• 19:36
  relaxing. If you do, tell me about it. I tried to watch it
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  just recently. I was like, I need to get on this. I love
• 19:41
  Pedro Pascal. And I was like, oh, no, this is stressful.
• 19:45
  Heidi: No, definitely not for me.
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  Emily: But if it's relaxing for you, you should put it on your
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  list.
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  Heidi: For refresh, it could be go to sunset yoga at least three
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  times, or practice playing the piano three times a week.
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  Emily: And then what are the other two Rs?
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  Heidi: Well for refocus, you might include something like,
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  figure out a meal planning system that doesn't make my
• 20:05
  brain melt, or buy a tray to hold all of the water bottles
• 20:08
  that the kids keep leaving around the house.
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  Emily: Oh, seriously.
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  Heidi: And for recharge, it might be hike a new trail every
• 20:15
  week, or visit the local flea market.
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  Emily: So once you have all that filled in, the key is keeping
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  your planner visible, print it off and stick it on your
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  refrigerator or as your phone lock screen.
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  Heidi: If you need some accountability, try to commit to
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  doing at least one activity each week of your summer break.
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  Emily: Yeah. That ensures balanced recovery across all
• 20:34
  dimensions of well being, not just physical rest.
• 20:37
  Heidi: Exactly. And here's a bonus tip for each item, note
• 20:41
  how you will know if it was successful. This helps you
• 20:45
  recognize when an activity is truly serving your recovery
• 20:48
  needs and when it's not.
• 20:50
  To wrap up the show, we are sharing what we're giving extra
• 20:52
  credit to this week. Emily, what gets your extra credit?
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  Emily: Well, I'm giving extra credit to the extremely not
• 20:57
  relaxing book from John Green called Everything is
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  Tuberculosis, the history and persistence of our deadliest
• 21:04
  infection.
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  Heidi: Not much of a beach read.
• 21:07
  Emily: No, indeed, it is not. But I just finished reading
• 21:10
  this, and it's just really on my mind right now. And to be clear,
• 21:15
  I thought I pretty much understood tuberculosis, but it
• 21:17
  turns out I did not. The book was just so eye opening to learn
• 21:21
  not only how tuberculosis works, but to understand how it's been
• 21:26
  just deeply intertwined with humanity over time. And really
• 21:29
  the most mind blowing and frustrating thing I learned is
• 21:32
  about how this disease is curable, yet it is the deadliest
• 21:36
  disease in the world due to a healthcare inequality. So I get
• 21:40
  it. This is a heavy topic, but the book is short and the
• 21:43
  information is really compelling and digestible. And John Green
• 21:46
  makes any topic easy to listen to or read, I feel like. And I
• 21:51
  might just turn into him bringing up tuberculosis in
• 21:53
  every conversation from now on. So be prepared, if you know me.
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  Heidi: If you follow him on social media, he kind of does a
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  bit, I guess, where people will be like, well, how does this
• 22:04
  relate to tuberculosis? And he'll be like, Oh, easy. And
• 22:07
  it's kind of like the worst version of the Six Degrees of
• 22:10
  Kevin Bacon.
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  Emily: That makes me think of My Big Fat Greek writing, when the
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  dad's like, give me any word, and I'll tell you how it came
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  from Greek. It's like that, but with tuberculosis.
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  Heidi: A little less fun, but very interesting.
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  Emily: It's informative, if nothing else. So what's your
• 22:31
  extra credit, Heidi?
• 22:32
  Heidi: Well my extra credit goes to something very different. It
• 22:35
  is the little Torani syrup bottles that you can get at
• 22:38
  World Market. I picked up some the other day that came in a
• 22:41
  special spring sampler variety pack. And it has been so fun.
• 22:46
  I've been adding hibiscus and lavender to the Clearly Canadian
• 22:49
  that I also got at World Market. So just a fancy little midday
• 22:52
  drink for Heidi.
• 22:54
  Emily: I love clearly Canadian. I'll have to get some mini
• 22:56
  Torani bottles too.
• 22:58
  Heidi: They're so cute.
• 23:00
  That's it for today's episode. Teacher recovery isn't laziness.
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  It's a necessity that directly impacts your effectiveness in
• 23:07
  the classroom and in life.
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  Emily: And don't forget our teacher approved tip, which is
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  to create a 4R recovery bucket list to ensure you're addressing
• 23:15
  all dimensions of teacher wellbeing this summer. And you
• 23:18
  can get that in the end of your roadmap, which is linked in the
• 23:21
  show notes. You know we couldn't do a whole episode where we
• 23:24
  didn't talk about the end of your roadmap again.
• 23:29
  Heidi: We hope you enjoyed this episode of teacher approved. I'm
• 23:32
  Heidi.
• 23:33
  Emily: And I'm Emily. Thank you for listening. Be sure to follow
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• 23:39
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• 23:39
  Heidi: You can connect with us and other teachers in the
• 23:42
  Teacher Approved Facebook group. We'll see you here next week.
• 23:45
  Bye for now.
• 23:46
  Emily: Bye.