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Recognize: I was “Yellow” all last week. “These are the emotions of joy, surprise, and excitement… What’s causing them? Something positive and possibly unexpected has happened and we’re celebrating inside. We’ve made significant steps toward an important goal. We’re anticipating an event or an experience that will make us happy.” - from “Permission to Feel” by Marc Brackett. (P2F) R- Recognize U- Understand L E R Understand According to P2F, (p.92) to understand my own feelings, I could think about: -what just happened? What was I doing before this happened? -what might have caused my feelings or reaction? -what happened this morning, or last night, that might be involved in this? -what has happened before with this person that might be connected? (in the event that your emotion has to do with a relationship.) -what memories do I have about this situation or place? I received good news about the program for next year! It was said Tiff will most likely be the second teacher, which means

 Start in the future, asking myself what I need in order to make item X Y, or Z happen, creating an event in the calendar. Then using Gtasks, list the steps that will need to be completed in order to make sure I can meet my deadlines.Once the task is written, it can be assigned to a person, showing up on our chat. Does it also show up on their task list?  Once they complete it, it will show up on our chat. This running chat scroll might seem overwhelming, but it scrolls nicely and we won’t have to delete or file the information, so there are less steps involved with getting the status of tasks. For the manager though, is there a dashboard that we can see the overall set of tasks?

 Directly and effectively. Even though you might have fear, gain understanding. I get to go talk to Shira. It feels like there is so much going on, that I don’t even know where to begin. I’m loving the idea of backwards mapping, but the rest of this day was spent laying on the couch, eating junk food, and trying to dissociate. 

 Hmm. Whoever is upsetting me the most is my best teacher. I heard a jogger mention something called Covid insomnia.  “Sleep disorders are one of the most common symptoms for patients who’ve had COVID-19,” says sleep medicine specialist  Cinthya Pena Orbea, MD . “They report insomnia, fatigue, brain fog and sometimes we even see circadian rhythm disorders.” In my classroom, October is Physical Health Awareness Month. I made a draft plan, but haven’t communicated it to anyone: Make good food decisions:  Track your food intake with MyNetDiary Drink water and track in MyNetDiary Sleep 8 hours per night 8:30 Meditation 8:45 Evening Thoughts (this blog) 9:00 Lights out Working Out for 30 minutes or more everyday Mondays: 20 minutes cardio, then Leg day- Boot Camp Tuesdays: 20 minutes cardio, then chest/tris through Yoga Wednesdays: 20 minutes cardio, then back/biceps in Weight Room. Evening workout at MB Wrestling room with Cuesta Wrestling team. Thursdays: 20 minutes cardio, then sprints o

 Sometimes the illusion is greater than the reality, so we are fearful of beginning. I can choose to start for 10 minutes, do it humanly, with plenty of time for leisure and play. (Dr. Neil Fiore). I am trying to think of ways to be able to connect with my staff and train them in the Gentle Teaching approach. (Dr. Shira). Maybe it’s serve. Get away from haughty eyes, and a lying tongue. Do not stir up dissention. (Proverbs). Listen, Encourage, Nurture, Strengthen. LENS (Dr. Shira). Show up today and let things be the way they will be. Whisper words of wisdom. (Beatles). I saw a TikTok about catstrophizing- thinking of all the worst case scenarios. I think I do that? The question came up have I done all the work I can regarding my brother’s accident and death? I really don’t know. I doubt it there is probably work to be done. But today has enough problems on its own, so I’ll just get to it.

 There is plenty of work to be done today, so there’s no need to be thinking about the past. Just be in the moment, doing what I told myself I would do from my reminders, and have clear thinking when I wrap up my work projects: When is my best guess of when I will work on this again? Then let it go. Even when people want what they want. I cannot do it all. I must learn to delegate effectively. Also- Listen. Watch. Be open to the inputs that are around. Then, be open to reaching out to others for their perspectives. Teaching through questions is a great, but also be open to getting taught the way others do it. When they run out of ideas, you can fill in. Stop with the guessing, just flow through the day. That doesn’t make much sense to me as I write it, I am needing to now go to bed. I am thankful to be in the position I am in, even with the stress it brings from needing to make so many decisions on a daily basis.

Sometimes we have to cut out or cut off the things that used to be good or necessary, but no longer serve us. This requires careful thinking, and understanding of the role of people, food, habits, etc. Use your thoughts to guard your heart, be careful of serving your emotions. These were wise words for the morning. I need to find better ways to impart to people my views. I need to do a better job managing. I need to do a better job following through. I need to do more communicating through written word. Not more words, but get better at succinctly communicating my thoughts and expectations. I think that calendar events will greatly help. So the question is: why have I not just put events into the calendar and communicated that way? It doesn’t really matter why, just start now. Reminders/email- I use reminders to plan out when I am going to talk to people face to face, but most other people use and like email. I always do much better when I communicate my questions through email, but fo