Taking care of yourself

In the teaching profession it is so easy to lose yourself and the ones you love in all the meetings, new intiatives, and piles of paper. It is now my personal mission to find balance in an otherwise balanced world. In the next couple of posts I will be researching what others say about how they keep themselves uplifted and maintain a life outside of the classroom. My intentions are not to negate how important our roles are, but to prevent students from losing one of the most important resources they have---us. I am sure many of these tips could be useful not only from the teaching perspective, but other viewpoints and professions as well. I look forward to presenting my findings.

Here are a few links to some helpful articles...some are not even geared toward teachers, but are downright good reminders! :)

http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Yourself

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/preventing-teacher-burnout-katy-farber

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tips-to-avoid-teacher-burnout-andrew-miller

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/ten-ways-to-destress-at-work.html