Also, I had to called the UK government to sort something out and while the automated system kicked me out during the first call, the second time the lady sorted the problem quickly.
Also, I had to called the UK government to sort something out and while the automated system kicked me out during the first call, the second time the lady sorted the problem quickly.
New phone!
When the kids are grumpy just as you walk out the door to go to work is the worst.
We can’t let a bad day or a bad person get in the way of being a good parent. And we definitely can’t let them make us a bad parent. We can’t let these outside factors do more damage than they already do. Leave them at the front door. Away from the things and the people you really love.
Not quite sure this is how you do it…
Two bags dad.
If/When we leave China the lack of cheap, delicious noodles is going to be a problem.
Excuse the photo, new phone next week!
Tim Duncan’s Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech - YouTube
“You showed up after I got drafted. You came to my island. You sat with my friends, my family. You talked with my dad. I thought that was normal. It’s not.”
Not a basketball fan and don’t really know either of these people but this quote but I liked this quote a lot.
As a parent and a teacher, how should I act and how do I want to be remembered?
When Yumo stops saying “Daddy cuddle high,” when he wants me to pick him up will a sad day indeed.
Just had my second dose.
Kids are shouting.
I’m drinking coffee, making breakfast and listening to an “I miss Emo” playlist.
It’s 7am on Saturday.
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the examined family, Courtney Martin: ‘Hard conversations don’t fix hard things.'
That was something the comedian Hasan Minhaj told me his father told him to guide him in a conflict. Sometimes, it’s important you’re right and you stand up for yourself, and you take the consequences. Other times, it’s more important to be together, and you figure out which differences or conflicts you can let slide for the sake of a relationship. We have to do both at different times, sometimes in the same conversation!
Today was pull ups, lunges and then some time on the assault bike! Was fun because Helen and I were finishing at the same-ish time so ended up racing.
Sometimes the rule is:
You don’t have to finish, but you do have to start.
And sometimes the rule is:
You don’t have to start, but if you do, you have to finish.
When building a personal habit, it might make sense to embrace the first rule. You don’t have to run all the way, every day, but you do have to get out of the house and start running.
And when making promises to a group where trust matters, the second rule definitely applies.
Ha. 5 minutes later I read this.
That’s why kids can never “take away” from our careers or “hold us back.” They can’t interrupt our work because they are our work. We are always teaching them. We are teaching them that we care. We are being there for them. We are stating our priorities.
There’s plenty of extra work I need to do but after I’ve done my normal work and family stuff the idea of picking myself up again at 9pm just isn’t happening.
Which means the work is hanging over me and making me stressed.
20 back squats Row 4K 20 back squats
I hate running but I’ll always row.
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The CPD puzzle: why don’t teachers keep improving?
Yesterday was lovely, kids were at school* and Lyra and I went to IKEA in the morning. Then she went out and got a few things done.
But today was the opposite.
I’ve struggled with feeling with it. And I’ve got work I need to do, and I got some done yesterday. I’m feeling like I don’t want to do it if I’m not in the right frame of mind which is a change to the way I think. It’s something I normally get stressed about, that if I’m not doing it right now then that is a problem. I know in my head I always manage to get things done but still… I didn’t do anything today in the end but am feeling like I should have!
Try again tomorrow?
*Yeah, in China you get 3 days off but only one is free so you have to work two Saturdays to pay it off.
If you want kids who listen to you, you have to strive to be worthy of being listened to. If you want kids that spend time with you, be someone they want to spend time with.
Added most of the newsletters I wasn’t reading to my rss. Thanks @dancohen for the suggestion!
I think we’ve fetishized the idea that your job should be your passion. It’s ok for your job to just be a job.
From my perspective, a calling isn’t a job or an industry. It’s an activity or an impact. When you can identify your calling in these terms, you can start to imagine many ways for it to exist in your life.