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💆🏼‍♀️Self-Care Series: End of Term 3 Reflection & Celebration 🥳 · ✨️Aligned and Thriving: For Teachers🌿

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  Hello, hello teachers and welcome back to another episode
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  of Aligned and Thriving. First of all, congratulations,
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  you have made it to the end of Term 3.
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  Whether you are crawling or cruising towards your break,
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  this is your gentle nudge or pause, or just a chance for you
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  to take some time to reflect and reset.
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  Ready to go again Now? Term 4 is just around the corner
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  and we know that it is one of the busiest, most intense and
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  probably the most emotional terms of the year.
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  Now that is the time to get clear, grounded, and intentional
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  about how we're going to finish this year and start preparing
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  for the next. So this is not just about your
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  To Do List and your marking piles, although we'll probably
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  have to talk about that too. But this is about you.
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  This is about your energy, your joy, and your priorities and
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  your life beyond the classroom. So before we dive in, I really
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  want you to remember this. You are coming up to the
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  celebration term. This is the time to truly enjoy
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  all the hard work that you have poured into this year.
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  It's also the season of transition.
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  It's not the getting rid of students, but the welcoming the
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  new ones soon. So let's celebrate those that
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  we've had and guide them across the finish line and get excited
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  about the fresh challenges that you have ahead.
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  So let's take a chance to just reset.
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  What I want you to do today is have a bit of time for yourself
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  to reflect. So I've got some journal prompts
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  for you to go through. I want you to use these prompts
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  to help you release, realign and just prepare yourself before you
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  head into term 4. So think about these things.
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  I've got 10 things for you to stop, write down and just
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  reflect. So the first one, what went well
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  this term and what that do I want to repeat next term.
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  So what went well this term and that I want to repeat again next
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  time. Is there anything that you could
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  stop and think about and go, yeah, I really liked the way I
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  ran that spelling programme, so I'm going to do that again to
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  finish off the year. So something like that.
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  Number two, what drained my energy and how can I change or
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  manage that better? I really want you to think about
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  that one and just take some time to process.
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  Name up what has actually been draining your energy and how you
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  were going to manage that in term 4.
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  Because remember Term 4, it's a downhill run.
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  It goes so quick so you don't have time for stuff to be
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  draining your energy. So name it up and figure out how
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  you're going to manage it #3. How did I show up for myself
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  this term emotionally, physically, spiritually?
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  Have a think about that #4 What am I proud of achieving?
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  Achieving inside and outside the classroom.
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  Have a bit of a celebration. What did you achieve this term?
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  Let's celebrate you #5. What support do I need heading
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  into term for? Remember, I really want you to
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  ask for help and to take on advice and anything that other
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  people can offer you. So what support do you need?
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  Name it up #6 what do I need to say no to so I can say yes to
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  what really matters? And remember, if you really need
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  to work on learning to say no, go back to my episode talking
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  about boundaries and that no is a full sentence.
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  Just remind yourself of that process #7 what boundaries do I
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  need to hold firmer in term 4? Again, reminder to go back to
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  the episode on boundaries if you've forgotten what to do in
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  that space, but you need to be putting some boundaries in
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  place. So what do you need to hold
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  yourself accountable for to keep those boundaries in place #8
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  what am I still holding on to that I need to release before
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  starting a new term? Is there anything that you need
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  to let go of to help you reset and restart?
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  Ready for that downhill straight #9 what will help me feel more
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  grounded, calm, and in control next term?
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  Think about all the episodes that I've been talking to you
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  about, that yourself, care routines, about all of the
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  things. What do you need to do before
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  you start next term and feel a bit more in control?
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  Remember, you're coming up to a holiday break.
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  If you've forgotten what you need to do in that space, go
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  back to my episode about holidays.
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  Think about how you can plan that and actually plan some time
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  for you. And #10 what small self care
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  rituals can I build into my week now to help me get through term
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  four OK? And I need to do that too.
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  Like I have to plan for those things.
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  I have to name it up and stick to my routine because I need to
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  know, Yep, that's what I'm doing today.
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  And I'm putting myself first in this situation because myself,
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  care matters. Because if I'm not looking after
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  me, how can I use my overflow to then look after other people?
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  And you're really running on empty.
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  You can't be doing that in term 4.
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  You really need to use this holiday break and this resetting
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  time to prepare yourself and top yourself, Care cup up, ready to
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  flow on over into Term 4, which again, as I've said to you, it's
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  just going to go. You'll click your fingers and
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  it's just gone. It's so quick.
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  So your future planning for your final term.
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  Now let's take some time to future proof your end of year
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  chaos. And I'm just going to call it
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  that because honestly, to me, every year's chaos, it's gone so
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  quick and you just get to term 4 and then you're done and it's
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  Christmas. You're like what just happened
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  that just went so fast. Those 10 weeks just gone.
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  So let's future proof your end of year chaos.
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  What have you got to get done before the end of the year?
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  Is it reporting? Is there data?
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  Are there parent meetings? Are there like evidence of
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  learnings? All of those types of things?
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  What do you need to do? Plan it out?
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  What can wait? Is there anything that you can
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  sort of put off into the back burner and take some time?
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  Put things in priority, cool, priority, cool.
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  That's not even a word. Oh my gosh.
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  I think I was trying to say periodical and priorities at the
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  same time. Prioritise what you need to get
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  done, OK and do it that way. What can you like simplify or
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  streamline or delegate? Gosh, love that word.
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  What can you delegate? Is there anything that you could
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  delegate? When I think about this, I
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  actually think about at home, like what could I delegate to my
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  husband to do for me to help me future proof term for like how
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  many events could I get him to take the kids to so that I can
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  just have a little window of time to do some self care.
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  So I, as I said, like we have a shared calendar, We have an app,
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  We actually use Timetree the app, if you've heard of it, so
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  that I can actually share that on my phone to his phone, also
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  share it with my mom, the grandparents.
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  So if we need anything for the kids, we can sort of coordinate
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  that. And it's all colour coded and
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  pretty and sends you reminders. It's great.
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  And it also sends you little reminders like, oh, you've got 3
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  events on today. Remember to take care of
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  yourself. And I love that because that's
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  just all me. So we have that.
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  So I make sure I check the calendar, put everything in
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  there in the holidays so that I'm ready for Term 4 and plan it
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  out and allocate who needs to do what and just name it up so you
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  can think about your family or your personal commitments and
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  plan them in. You might need to plan some
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  massages, like put them in there.
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  Get yourself care stuff done ladies, all men who get their
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  hair done like a book your pre Christmas hair appointment now
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  if you haven't done so already to make sure you've got that
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  locked in 'cause you need to get on top of that before Christmas.
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  So that is one of your term 4 priorities.
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  Have you got all of your events in your excursions, your
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  deadlines, like you've got a list as long as your as long as
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  your arm as your end of your activities come up.
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  You need to make sure that they're in your diary and
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  they're in your planner and you know what is coming.
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  Because if you miss something and you haven't planned for it,
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  good luck to you my friend. So make sure you've got all of
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  that sorted. Can you begin cleaning or
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  organising your classroom and your staff sort of spaces now so
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  you don't have that mad rush later?
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  If you're in a school where you know you're not moving
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  classrooms and you get to term four, well, bless you.
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  So lucky doesn't happen to everyone.
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  But if you know you're not moving, start your cleaning now.
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  Just little bits at a time because then you're not getting
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  to the end of the year and having this mad rush to sort
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  everything out or coordinate with other staff.
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  What could be doing now to get yourself ready for the end of
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  term so you're not causing havoc on our on our cleaners as well
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  because you start filling up their bins.
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  They've got to carry that Like that's, that's not OK.
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  Please don't be doing all of that at the last second.
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  Do as much as you can in little bits at a time that you know to
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  start taking stuff home for you to sort out if you know you're
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  not going to need that next year.
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  Like those types of things I'm talking about.
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  What are your personal goals between now and the end of the
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  year? Do you need to set them up like
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  for your fitness, your family, your finances, anything like
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  that? For me, Christmas, I've got to
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  plan how much money we sort of need and if we're going away in
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  the holidays, start organising that now.
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  Like there's a whole bunch of things that I could be doing now
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  to make my life easier in the future, so I'm going to set
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  myself up to do that. So you could be doing that too.
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  And most importantly, like how are you going to reset yourself
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  during this break? You've got a window of time to
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  set yourself up to get ready for term 4.
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  And as I said, it goes so quick. You need to be organised and
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  ready. So let's do as much as we can
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  now to prepare ourselves for the future.
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  Like your future self is going to thank you for this because
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  you'll be organised and you'll be able to take a breath.
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  You're not going to be. I just the analogy that always
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  comes to my head is like the headless choke running around.
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  I know that's gross, but that's you don't want to be running
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  around like a headless truck. I mean, come on #1 it is gross
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  and #2 you just don't want that. And I don't want that for you.
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  So let's just get organised. Take a leaf out of my book
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  because that's what I love to do, Be organised humans and
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  let's just get this done. Celebrate and shift are my 2
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  sort of last points. So turn 4, it's going to be
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  chaotic, but it is where the magic really happens.
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  You can see the finish line, the celebrations going to happen and
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  you've got those joyful goodbyes and that spark of anticipation
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  for what's going to happen next. And you can start planning for
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  that next year, that next class, all of those wonderful things.
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  It's a time for you to take ownership of your energy and
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  your mindset even now. Like go back and revisit my
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  episode of manifesting a better term if you want to bring some
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  intention and some mindset into your term for planning to set
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  yourself up for the most amazing end of year yet.
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  Because you're not just managing your workload like you're
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  leading your life. You are the anchor for your
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  classroom, the heart of your students experiences and you
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  deserve to feel grounded, present, and most of all proud
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  because you've successfully completed another year of
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  teaching. Hats off to you.
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  You're going to, you're going to be able to smash this out of the
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  park this year. So you go out and do that.
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  So my final reminders to you, start your planning early.
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  Schedule your own needs first. Because remember, that is not
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  selfish, that is just self care #3 celebrate what has worked #4
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  prep but with a little bit of flexibility because you know
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  life happens and the last one is reset with purpose.
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  Because you matter. Honestly, you do.
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  And you've got to put yourself first.
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  But if you do all of these things, I promise that you are
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  going to have the most amazing term forever.
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  With all my little Nuggets of wisdom, whether you take them on
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  or not, I don't know. I'm just trying to help you.
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  Like talking teacher with a little bit of experience here
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  and lots of work around mindset that this is what you're going
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  to have to do to set yourself up future proof you OK, so I know
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  this was just a little short episode, but this is all you
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  need because you're going to go off and do some work.
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  Now you're going to go and do your journal prompts and reflect
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  on those questions and really think about, OK, what are my
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  priorities? What do I need to go and set up
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  now ready for Term 4? Not just classroom wise, but you
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  was to make sure you can absolutely smash Term 4 out of
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  the park. And I know you will because you
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  are amazing. So don't ever forget that you
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  are amazing. You are doing a fantastic job
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  and you are going to have the biggest celebration at the end
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  of Term 4 to celebrate another amazing year with your classes,
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  your kids and your own self, your mindset because you have
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  taken the time to work on you. Excuse me, it's chalked up a
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  little bit. So until next time, stay aligned
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  and keep thriving. Go and do your journal prompts.
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  Now this is your reminder again. And if you want to touch base
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  with me or talk about anything, please feel free to message me
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  on Instagram or Facebook. Just search aligned and thriving
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  for teachers. I'm more than happy to help you
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  in any way, shape or form because that's what we're here
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  for. So ask for help if you need it.
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  Go and have the most amazing day and I'll talk to you again next
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  time. Bye, guys.