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Are you dropping the “eating well” ball?

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Jo VanEvery 9 Comments

A tightly packed wooden bowl of mixed chopped veg and meat is on a wooden tray with a little wooden spoon ready to eat, fuel and nourish the consumer.

During my planning classes I have participants note which juggling balls typically get dropped for them during term time. When I asked how many people noticed that they ate less well or didn’t sleep enough several people on the call responded affirmatively. Good nutrition is a foundational … [Read more...] about Are you dropping the “eating well” ball?

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-care Tagged With: balance, control, decision fatigue, decision making, decisions, effort, expectations, food, habits, health, meals, mental health, planning, plans, preparation, responsibility, rest, self-care, taking responsibility

You are not lazy

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

There isn’t even a risk that you will become lazy. You do not have to guard against laziness vigilantly, watching out for the slightest sign and nipping it in the bud. I would argue that no one is lazy. Many years ago I bought Havi Brooks' Procrastination Dissolve-o-matic (no longer … [Read more...] about You are not lazy

Filed Under: Developing a Practice Tagged With: Busy Olympics, gremlins, priorities, self-care

When priorities and boundaries feel like cutting corners: Grading Edition

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

In my Planning classes, I talk about the importance of defining your priorities and setting boundaries. An email from a client reminded me how hard that is in practice. This client was finding it hard to juggle her priorities as the end of term approaches: She has a conference paper to write … [Read more...] about When priorities and boundaries feel like cutting corners: Grading Edition

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Experiments, Teaching Tagged With: grading, Juggling, marking, prioritizing, self-care

You always have time for yoga, mama

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

When you're busy, it's easy to forget to look after yourself. You feel like you don't have time to go to the gym, to go for a run, for yoga, for meditation, for sleep, to eat properly ... If you're lucky, your kids or someone else who loves you will remind you that you always have time. That it … [Read more...] about You always have time for yoga, mama

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care Tagged With: physical activity, productivity, self-care, yoga

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