Check out your active learning roadblock results!
You're on a
Hard-Working Hauler!
You have so many projects on your plate (not to mention a busy and fulfilling life outside of work!), that it can feel impossible to make any progress on your active learning journey. But no worries, with a few simple strategies, you can take confident steps toward an active learning classroom.
🚧 Your roadblock is overload. You aren't struggling because you are incapable, it's likely the opposite. You are dependable. Respected. The one everyone asks.
🚚 You can best protect your energy with project clarity and momentum without dimming your generosity.
If you were a waiter at a restaurant, you would be spinning plates. On top of your teaching workload, you find yourself a member of multiple committees, a mentor to new educators, the go-to person for random and obscure questions, and likely the lead organizer for your golf league as well (not sure if you actually golf, but you get the idea 😉)
Your greatest opportunity for success is setting up sustainable systems.
Creating organization, ease in locating information, and building a scheduling system to manage the many moving pieces could be the key to unlocking the time and energy capacity to experiment with active learning in your classroom or clinical.
Key Characteristics of a Hardworking Hauler:
Does this sound like you?
You have vast clinical knowledge and great teaching instincts, making you someone who is a great addition to any team project. And you get asked to join A LOT of projects.
You have a tendency to procrastinate because there is just so much that you feel overwhelmed.
You have a tendency to take on too much and it can be difficult to juggle all of the projects you have going on at once.
p.s. If you are like, “No way, not me!” no problem. Just head over to this page of all the results and choose one that fits better. We are all unique individuals!
Three strategies to maintain a clear path as the Hard-Working Hauler:
Set email boundaries
Your inbox is not your to-do list. Protect your focus by deciding when and how you respond instead of letting every message dictate your day.
⚡️Action step: Designate certain times during the day to write/respond to emails. This will contain the time and avoid interrupting your deep work sessions.
Be intentional and authentic
You don’t have to say yes to everything to be valuable. When choosing classroom or clinical activities, choose ones that you truly enjoy. You don't have to implement something just because everyone else is or a research article suggested it. You get to choose!
⚡️ Action step: Before saying yes to a new project, pause and ask: “Does this move me closer to the educator I want to become?” If not, practice a polite but firm “not this time.”
Get systems in place
When you’re juggling multiple projects, a project management system can turn mental clutter into clear next steps. Using a tool for notes, to organize your day and reflect on your progress allows you to stop spinning and start finishing projects.
⚡️Action step: Create one master project list (digital or paper) where every commitment lives. Review it for 10 minutes every Monday to prioritize your week.
What's next ...
Want to know EXACTLY how to implement these strategies?
There is an short email series about how to find calm while riding on the hard-working hauler!
The first step is arriving in your inbox shortly so watch for an email with the ️[🚚] in the subject line.
See you there!