As the year begins to come to its conclusion, thoughts of holidays and days at the beach are frequent. The next travel destination (or destinations, plural) easily fill the head as well. When you’re getting towards the end of an epically long slog at work, it’s normal to start thinking about the shape of your …
As has been observed by many, there is a tendency for adults in social settings to identify ourselves not by who we are, but by what we do. “I’m a dentist.” “I’m a plumber.” “My team has just started working on a new project.” “My team has just finished working on a large project.” And …
November: the penultimate month of the year. It sits as a sort of liminal space between the start of Spring (in Australia) and the end of the year festivities. For the teachers like myself, exams are mostly done (reports yet to be written). Lesson content easing off (time to find the educational games). We’re so …
I haven’t blogged for some time. The summary reason? Burnout. I was reading the other day about resilience fatigue; the concept that there’s only so many times that you can keep getting back up before you just have to stop, because you can’t do it anymore. It’s a pretty apt description of how many people …