Post AWomkiZ7guiOSvx7Vg by FantasticalEconomics@geekdom.social
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 (DIR) Post #AWn5tVZ0uVW3Yot20G by seanwithwords@mstdn.social
       2023-06-17T13:59:00Z
       
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       I know that my approach to balance as an #ActuallyAutistic #teacher is working when I get to summer break not feeling like I just competed in a triathlon from hell. I don’t want to push myself to burnout before resting anymore. Daily balance matters.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWn5tWEUQIh1dSI9eS by FantasticalEconomics@geekdom.social
       2023-06-17T17:04:28Z
       
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       @seanwithwords 100%More teachers should consider this approach. We will never get that perfect class, there is always so so so much more we can do to help out students. But, we help no one by burning out. In the long-term, we can be much more effective if happy and healthy. And the cost to current students when we don't constantly put in 110% is probably not as large as we imagine.@academicchatter  #teaching
       
 (DIR) Post #AWn5tXe3AkjW11G58C by seanwithwords@mstdn.social
       2023-06-17T18:13:47Z
       
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       @FantasticalEconomics @academicchatter my therapist helped me get to a place of "good enough" when it came to my effort at work. not from a negative or cynical position, but from a position of "I don't need to be perfect, I can be good enough & be happy with that"as an Autistic person, I put a lot of labor into speaking and performing "correctly," and many allistic or NT teachers are the same way, we put so much unnecessary pressure on ourselves to overwork during hours & not recharge at home
       
 (DIR) Post #AWn5tYHOoSCzz3fVSq by StephZihms@sotl.social
       2023-06-17T18:36:48Z
       
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       @seanwithwords @FantasticalEconomics @academicchatter The ADHD coach I’m working with said something similar. Don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good…it was after he picked up on some things as perfectionism that I would have never counted as such
       
 (DIR) Post #AWomkiZ7guiOSvx7Vg by FantasticalEconomics@geekdom.social
       2023-06-18T14:11:45Z
       
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       @StephZihms @seanwithwords @academicchatter I, with varying success, strive for being happy with where I'm at while also improving in small ways.It's an application of the #GrowthMindset I try to instill in my students. Most of us have a tendency to put unhealthy, unrealistic pressures on ourselves--trying to be perfect, trying to fit in, etc.--which are often unhelpful.Focusing on small improvements rather than not being at some "correct" level is often healthier and more productive.