Advice from 10 year old children and my plan of attack

This morning I woke up early to spend some time with my bestie.

Meet Tim.  You’ve met him before, no?
Obviously i’m Canadian!

We spent some time grading some leaflets that my children wrote about saving the environment.

Do you want to know how you could save the environment and the wildlife in it?  Well look no further.  My 10 year olds have some advice for you:

How can you protect wildlife?  Adopt a gerilla of course.

Don’t throw your rubbish on the floor.
Next time you don’t have a bin…..GET ONE!!! 

Lots and lots of wild animals are instinked.  Save them!

 

One of my favourites….

The environment is in our hands, so always take care of it like its a member of your family.

 

Sometimes even when I have to do work on my days off I can enjoy it because of things like this.  Kids can come up with the cutest things.

Now that their rough drafts are completed and marked, they’ll be able to do their neat copies on the computers once we are back at school next week.  I’m sure they will turn out great!

What’s your POA?

Yesterday while I was running I was coming up with my plan of attack (poa) for work next week. In fact it’s my POA for the next couple of months before school gets out for Christmas holidays (and we go on our honeymoon!).  I have been finding that I literally count down the days and hours to the weekends sometimes, or even to the end of the day.  Before I know it i’m going to be sitting in my chair at 95 years old and wondering where my life went.  Once in a while I ask myself whether I truly love my job.  I do like my job, but there are aspects of it that stress me out to no end.  I complain to Steve once in a while (probably more than I should) and I’ve also complained to family members and friends.  I studied for a long time in school to become a teacher and I really want to get the most out of it.  I always remind myself why I became a teacher in the first place.  It was not to sit in the staff room and moan about the children or inspections that we have coming up.  It was not for the holidays (ha, i’m on holidays now and I’m working!!).  But it was originally for the children first and foremost.

I ALWAYS remind myself of this.  I am there for them.  Think about all the time children spend in school!  They spend more time with their teachers than they do their own parents sometimes!  Since this is the case, I need to make sure that they get the most out of their day.  When they do, I do.

I think no matter what job you have – you need to remind yourself why you are doing it in the first place.  Whether you own your own business, are writing a book while living in one of the most expensive cities, a stay at home mom (yes this is a JOB!), or doing temp positions to help you get by so that you can move back to the US with your husband, there are always going to be times where you are stressed, frustrated and may question yourself.  In the end there is a reason why you are doing what you do. 
Keep that in focus.

So, I need to make sure I have a plan.  The days at work that I enjoy most are the ones that I have spent time prepping the lessons and feel that I have delivered and the children have learned something.  I’m planning on going into the next 7 week term with a POA, so that I will get the most out of my job and the children will too.  Then maybe I won’t be wishing my life away waiting for that next holiday!

 

What’s your PLAN OF ATTACK?

It doesn’t have to be work related.  It can be for anything!!

Do you feel much more ‘ready’ when you know you have a plan in place?