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TitleSetting Free-Time Goals
SourceCASLS Activity of the Week
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This activity of the week is designed to help teachers maintain balance through dedicating time to doing things that bring them comfort, happiness, and/or joy.  Thank you, teachers, for your hard work. Time to treat yourselves!

Objectives: Teachers will be able to:

  • Identify three activities to do for fun
  • Articulate a plan for participating in the activities

Procedure:

  1. Brainstorm free time activities that bring you comfort, peace, happiness, and/or joy. These activities could be simple like meditating, or more complicated, like traveling abroad.
  2. Identify three activities that you want to be sure you complete within the next school year.
  3. For each activity, budget the cost and verify that it fits within your economic situation. If it doesn’t, either decide on a different activity or decide on a plan for saving the money that you need.
  4. Next, budget the time allocation needed for each activity. Again, if it doesn’t fit within your current schedule, either pick a new activity or create a new schedule in which it fits.
  5. Identify the date by which activity will be achieved. Some activities, like taking a dance or yoga classes, will be ongoing, while others, like taking a trip will have a concrete date.
  6. Prioritize and experience your activities! Don’t forget to document the good times you will have so that you can encourage yourself to stick with them when teaching becomes overwhelming.
Publishdate2018-07-09 02:15:01