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  • Living Your Best Life

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    Live Your Best Life or LYBL – what a fun thing to say. We make all kinds of decisions and classify it by saying that we are living our best life. But what if we can’t? What if those decisions are made for us? Or what if everyone thinks you’re living your best life, but…

  • Working Mom Pregnancy Tips

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    During both of my pregnancies I was teaching full-time. If you know anything about teaching, it is not a profession that goes well with pregnancy. You can’t use the bathroom whenever you want and most of your time is spent on your feet. That’s not to mention the amount of time spent going up and…

  • Find Your Calling and Do It!

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    Everybody has a calling whether they realize it or not. A calling can vary from a simple idea or field that you feel a strong desire to work with to more specific to the point that people have built business around their callings. This though hit me as I read a post on social media…

  • College Doesn’t Prepare You For These 4 Things In Teaching

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    I am approaching my fifth year of teaching. This will be a defining moment in my career. It is said that if you survive past the first five years you will likely stay in the field. Those that are going to leave teaching generally do it before the first five years are over. So for…

  • Shout Out To All The Mamas

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    I want to start this post by saying that this is obviously an opinion post. I know that being a  stay-at-home versus working mama is a fairly controversial topic. Mamas on both sides are very opinionated and passionate about their feelings,  and I just wanted to share mine. My husband says I am very opinionated…

  • Working With Might – Always Doing Your Best

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    We have been doing a lot of work in our house lately. I commented the other day that I felt like I have worked harder since being out of school for the summer than I did teaching. As I was working the other day the verse from Ecclesiastes 9:10  about might came to my mind.…

  • Summer Teaching Update: Two Decorating Items I Love

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    One of the most enjoyable things about teaching is being able to decorate your classroom at the beginning of the year. Seeing the blank slate turn into a warm and friendly learning zone where your students will learn throughout the year is exciting. For me having a well-organized room helps prepare me for the beginning…

  • How To Leave Early On The Last Teacher Workday

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      I don’t know how other school districts do it, but in mine we always have at least one teacher workday at the end of the school year. I have become a professional at being able to leave early on this day. The end of the year teacher workday is usually a day set a…

  • Making Me Humble: Learning From Experience

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    The idea for this post hit me earlier this week as I put on tennis shoes with my work close for the second week in a row. Being required to do something that I previously judge others for has made me humble. You see, since delivering my daughter I have had a series of health…

  • Appreciation for Teachers… and Others

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    This week was Teacher Appreciation Week and in my four years of teaching I have gained an extreme appreciation for those in the teaching profession. If you are a teacher you are familiar with all of the different professional who make a school successful. So I thought I would write this tribute to the amazing…