Reframing Thankful
Greetings fellow teacher friends! This week I wanted to share some short thoughts that I also shared in my inSpiration Sunday post on social media. We are going to be hearing this phrase/question a lot this week "What are you grateful/thankful for?" In fact, we might even have students share their thoughts out on this as tradition has it. But let's face it friends, teaching is tough right now... I mean more than the usual level of tough. It can and is very easy to spiral into a trap where we feel hopeless and tired, and you know what? That is ok and natural! I often feel frustrated when people tell me to "look at the bright side of things" or "think of the positives instead" or "focus on doing what you can for your students." Well, I do that everyday... and I am allowed to feel discouraged and upset. I would like to reframe our thinking for this idea, especially in light of the holiday this week. I have a file in my desk drawer at work ti...