It is a YES!

Learning to feel our yes and no is a powerful game changer......what does my YES feel like in my belly, and what does my NO sound like......and the volume is turned up these days on that....So an exciting opportunity came knocking yesterday for me.....and it was a YES! On November 4th we have an in service day for our school district......most people have opted out of it.....we have that opportunity each year....to get the hours elsewhere, and get to opt out of the day.....and sometimes it is challenging for me to get the other hours, and work them around life stuff, and some years I opt out, and others I don't.....and in the past at different points we are normally allowed to report to our buildings, and get stuff done, and truthfully on the years I don't opt out, I get a ton of work done:) So this year I did not opt. out.....and alongside that, at the beginning of the school year.....we met with a woman who is new to the administration team at our school district.....and I liked her immediately....lots of passion, and she is a writer and a speaker....and during that meeting she offered to help anybody with those topics, if they were interested or offer support to us.....and I took her up on that.....I emailed her....sharing some of my backstory, and how I got here.....and that I would love to pick her brain some about writing, and speaking and publishing etc.....and she was very receptive......so she came for a meeting yesterday with our team....but also allotted some time to meet with me.....and she gave me some valuable tips to get me moving forward in the ways that I want to! But then as we were chatting, I could see her wheels spinning, and she said did you opt out this year??.....I said No....and she said well I was just thinking, we are doing a wellness day for that day....and there will be workshops run for those people.....each one hour.....would you want to run one! And the YES inside of me JUMPED right up lol:) With a big grin, it was a loud one:).....I had the choice of doing two sessions or four......I opted for two, and then I could attend two others:) And speaking about wellness has been a new passion that has taken hold deeply for me....I feel wildly passionate about it....and my plan is to center my session around real and sustainable self care, and the importance of it......and do it in a way that does not solicit eye rolls lol:) Because ironically I remember sitting in a PD, with a lovely presenter, having her talk to us about Self care and thinking that life was SOOOOO intense, like yea right lol:) So I think I have shifted my mindset to the missing piece and I think I can convey that to others now....and inspire that some....so I am excited! I love when the universal Tetris takes hold, and leads me to the places where I need to be, the pieces fitting perfectly.....So I have ideas percolating.....and my girl is having a sleepover this weekend....and we are spending a much needed 3 day weekend home, catching up on ALL of the chores.....so I plan on getting a presentation cooking for this:) I also ironically posted in my group that I do for Dr. Pathak's office about self care yesterday.....and realizing that in my old life it was like resuscitation, when I was so far gone that I needed an adrenaline shot to move forward! And implementing self care in your daily life is the way! Keeping the tank full, not waiting till it is empty! So I have the enormous task of presenting to fellow educators......who likely don't want to be at PD lol:) And get them to feel my message and have some real tools to take with them! I am on it:) Wish me luck lol:)