6 THINGS I DID ON SUMMER BREAK TO LEVEL UP!!
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We need the summer to reconnect and rest; I’m sharing the 6 things I did to recharge myself while on summer break and I hope if you are still on break, or already preparing to head back to class, that you enjoyed some of this too…
#1. SLEEP IN
I turned off the 5:45am alarm! The minuet I left on the last day of school I sat in my car and turned off the alarm… because I knew I was sleeping late the next day…. unfortunately my body did not cooperate and I woke up at 6:15 in a panic thinking I had missed my alarm 🙂
#2 Relaxed
I sat on the patio with a cup of coffer and just relaxed. It was sooo hard at first because I kept feeling like I should have been doing something productive, lol, but relaxing is productive!! So that became my thing, morning coffee on the front porch and evening wine on the back porch….loved it!!
#3 Rest
You may think that relaxing and resting arethe same thing, well no. Resting is shutting everything off including you mind( I know while I was on the porch I was still mentally redecorating my classroom) Soooo, yea I rested, I became comfortable with a mid day nap.
#4 EAT
I ate food, lol…..sounds crazy right?! but how many of us skip lunch at work, drink coffee for breakfast, more often than not its cold coffee, and by 4 we have a mysterious headache. I ate. Real food, cooked in my kitchen or ordered from a real restaurant and sat in a chair and ate, slowly to enjoy every second. P.S some days when I was really feeling adulty, I ate dessert first.
#5 READ
I read a book. A novel, no colorful illustrations, or giant letters, (ok ok….the font was a little big, but that’s because I still haven’t found my readers) I read a few good books this summer. I read I See You, by Elle Gray, this one kept me guessing till the end. I also enjoyed Trust: A Novel, by Dains Reed. Both books were worth the time and took me on a little mental escape I didn’t know I needed.
#6 I did WHATEVER I wanted.
Once my body and mind both understood that I was on summer vacation, I started enjoying all the minuets of it. I woke up and went to the park for a walk, ate breakfast at 10 in McDonalds, I helped my sister paint her living room, I rode around my town at 2pm listening to ole skool hip hop. I behaved like a teacher on summer break.
Enjoy what’s left of your summer break….school starts in 4 sleeps 🙂
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