Sundays for teachers tend to go one of two ways, you either relax or spend the whole day planning, marking and preparing for the following week. Now, the lady planning used to be me. I would spend every weekend working at home, making sure my week was prepared, and not getting any rest. Let's be honest, I ended up burning out. I could barely make it to the end of a term because I hadn't taken a minute to rest. Something had to change.
Sunday has now become my self care day. I pack my bag for work, prepare food, then just rest, read and do any small chores I need to do. How did I reach this point? Well, here's my how.
- Monday-Friday are my work days, I start early, end late, but then ring fence my weekends, making sure that no matter what, I'm not working there.
- I plan ahead. I make sure that by Thursday, I know what I am going to be teaching on Monday, and try to get my resources ready, this way I can chill knowing that Monday is done.
- If I do end up with work to do, I try to get this done in a morning, that way I know that once it's done, the rest of my day is mine and I can do what ever I want with it.
These are my top three tips to having more relaxed Sundays (and weekends in general). Try them out for yourself. They may take a while to get in to, but once you are rolling, you really will be more free.
Miss C
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