Back to **School**
Tips to help whether you teach or have kids back in school
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but it’s time to head back to the classroom.
July felt like the perfect amount of days; but August? August was only 5 days long.
Since there are a few teachers among my loyal readers, I’m sharing what I will try to accomplish in the next 6 weeks as we start out the school year. And if you’re not a lucky individual who’s a teacher, you might have kids who put a bit of a wrinkle into your daily plans.
Either way, here are some tips to get you going this September - whether you’re in the classroom or shipping someone off to school.
Goal # 1:
Pair strength training and/or do striders with every easy run I do.
I am bad at both, so pairing them with an easy run day will hopefully work. 10 minutes of strength doesn’t seem like a lot (and it really isn’t) but it isn’t enough to make me sore AND it’s more than 0 minutes, so I’m already winning.
Goal # 2:
Lay off the booze and the sweets.
Someone at work already said ‘why am I punishing myself like that’, but in reality when I drink (which I do NOT do often) I don’t feel great and I typically have a crappy night of sleep. Drinking is becoming more and more not worth it.
However, I’m sure this is the case for most people, the social aspect of drinking is probably why most of us do it in the first place.
Sweets for me are tempting when they are available, but when they aren’t, I’m gooood.
Goal # 3:
Be flexible with training, off days, and scheduling of life.
This might be harder for me than no sweets in the faculty lounge. If I have a run planned (in my head) and it doesn’t get done and it’s an off day instead, it’s the worst. If an off day is scheduled though, it’s glorious. But that unscheduled day off is yuck for me.
But I have to be flexible and adaptable. That’s my goal this fall. Will it always be smooth? Probably not.
Goal # 4:
Sleep. Lots of it.
We got in a bad habit of watching a show and then “starting a few minutes of the next episode. That quickly turned into another full episode on multiple occasions.
To combat this, I’m setting a timer for our lights to go off earlier so that we don’t A) fall asleep on the couch or B) watch multiple episodes when 0 or 1 will do.
Goal # 5:
Fuel appropriately.
We do a decent job of balancing eating out with cooking meals. Now that kids are back in sports, we have to be strategic with when we’re eating and what we’re eating.
These aren’t my only goals for the year, but for September, they are going to kick start my 12th(!!) year as a teacher. What have you found works for you - either as a teacher or a parent as you get back into the swing of school and sports?
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