In honor of Valentine's day this week I would like to reflect on how much I love my job.
I have been participating in the online challenge #14daysoflovinglearning.
Each day I have been writing down reasons why I love different things about my job. For instance some of the topics were why do you love your students, how do you show your staff that you care, what does your principal do to show he is supportive, Etc. I have enjoyed this because it makes you think and it makes you realize all of the positives in your profession.
Believe it or not it is actually quite hard to come up with all of the positive answers. It's so much easier to complain than it is to praise. Why is that so true?
I was eating at a restaurant Friday night, and we had such a pleasant waitress. The manager visited our table and asked how everything was going. I made it a point to tell her that our waitress was exceptional and we were happy to have her waiting on us. The manager said, ^ Thank you so much, because most people find it very easy to complain, but most people rarely praise our staff. Thank you so much." I was so happy that I took the time to praise the waitress.
I don't think we take time to praise ourselves or the people around us at work very often. Isn't that a shame?
I found that participating in the online chat was a very reflective exercise . It made me think, and it made me realize how grateful I am. I am a glass-half-full type of person that sometimes we need to reflect positively. Take time to look around and see what's good. Start with the little things. Help a colleague, smile, ask questions, learn from someone else, borrow a good idea, try something new. At the end of the day try to reflect. Write something good down on a Post-It note and leave it on your laptop so when you get to your class the next morning you see a positive.
There is never one day that goes by that I don't realize how absolutely fortunate and blessed I am to be a technology coach in my building for the DLP program this year. Although I know it is ending, I am counting every single day as a blessing, and I am building upon the positives as much as I possibly can. #behappy #mindfulness
"It's so much easier to complain than it is to praise. Why is that so true?" So true! I aim to turn this on its head by looking at every challenge as a problem to solve. It's tough though, because I'm very critical by nature. You are so positive, thanks for speakings your pixie dust on the entire team 😁.
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