Happy Tuesday! I have been on a trend of not getting my blog posts out until late recently, did I mention that the end of the year is busy??? 😂😜 (Maybe just a time or two right?) It has meant some shorter posts but hopefully, they are no less important. My aim is to still deliver the messages you need to hear each day.
This morning I wanted to share a Lunarbaboon Comic that I found this past week. You might remember that along with Strange Planet, Lunarbaboon is a favorite of mine. The author makes art that speaks to our shared humanity and illustrates pretty simple and important themes of life like kindness, acceptance of others and self, and awareness of our impact on others and the world. Have a look at this one...
So how about you? Do you get the point?
Are you leading your best life?
Are you spending your time doing things that make you happy instead of stressed or overwhelmed? (think riding your bike vs. devouring hours of social media each day).
Do you have a clear understanding of the things that create joy for you personally vs. the things that bring you down?
(I do want to acknowledge here that some kids might say, in response to only doing things that make you happy, "why do I have to go to school then?" I know...sometimes school is hard and boring, and uneventful, but if you look at it in the long term, the energy you put into making learning meaningful is an investment into yourself and your future. If you invest in yourself you'll have opportunities to decided what makes you happy, and you'll have the means to pursue those things).
Do you spend time with people that make you happy?
Do the people you choose also choose you? Meaning, do they treat you like a friend? Do they respect you and your choices, and support you in pursuing your dreams? If the answer to any of these questions is no, maybe you should consider the point of giving them so much of your time.
Are you being a friend? Showing kindness, gratitude, respect and genuine care & concern for others is attractive. You will never be without friends if you display these simple qualities.
So be kind, be a friend, have a friend, and invest in activities that make your heart happy. The rest is gravy!
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Here's a little Strange Planet for you today... I wanted to share this funny because it represents where our brains tend to go when we are worried about something. Our mind-matter tends to go to the least reasonable explanation for things that we stress about instead of the most logical explanation. In this funny, the simple logical explanation is that the life-giver opened the portal! This funny to remind you that your brain likes to play tricks on you sometimes, so you need good strategies for getting your irrational thoughts under control when they start to run away from you. Stop, breathe, talk to your brain, think about the logical explanations or reasons. Don't jump to a conclusion or catastrophize a situation. Remind your brain that there is no reason to go into fight, flight, or freeze mode when mild curiosity and logical explanation mode will suffice. As an aside, there is a national talk like a pirat...
Good Morning Students, Staff (and other loyal readers), If you've been following along, you'll know I have not posted in a few days. My lack of posts recently can be attributed to the final crunch, obviously, but also to the reality of full-time in-person school days. It became much harder to write each day with so many of you fully present. Also, because you were all present, I could see you more often, and hopefully offer the same pearls of wisdom in person rather than in writing. And so it seems, the purpose of this particular blog has come to an end...but not without a few more final reflections. First I'll say, I have absolutely loved writing this blog. Long before the pandemic, I had toyed with the idea of writing. This dream of publishing something "someday" materialized as I became a reader in high school. I found that I very much enjoyed reading books that documented the lives of real people in real situations. Here ar...
Welcome to Tuesday Everyone! Over the past few days, I have been thinking about helping others - finding ways amid this crisis to do things for others - and how when we help others it makes our own days and weeks brighter. This past weekend, I spent all of Saturday and most of Sunday making masks for my family and a few close friends who needed them. The project kept me busy, and it felt good to know that I was doing what I could to help the effort, with the resources I had to hand. Yesterday my daily question in my Google Classroom was, "describe something you did this past weekend that was helpful to someone," and I was happy to hear from so many students who took the time to support others in their free time. I started really thinking about how helping others helps us after twice hearing a story about Margaret Mead, an American cultural anthropologist. I went digging a bit deeper and found an article written by Remy Blumenfeld on March 21st. E...
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