In this day and age, the culture of ‘busy’ seems to have permeated society and even our schools. While we may encourage our students to make sure they are rested, sometimes you also just have to get stuff done. In today’s show, we have a candid conversation on all things ‘busy’. We discuss the positive and negative connotations of busyness, the glamorization of not sleeping, and busyness as a status symbol. We go through common statements relating to busyness and discuss them. As good time management is vital to being effective in our industry, we discuss how busyness can threaten or promote our effectiveness in our jobs. We talk about the difference between being ‘good tired’ and ‘bad tired’ and how to avoid that feeling of being drained. As the personal and professional are so intrinsically connected in our industry, we discuss the importance of boundaries. We also mention some helpful resources to help you maintain your resilience throughout the year in this culture of ‘busyness’. Join us for all this and more!

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to the topic of busyness in schools and the culture of ‘busy’.
• Questions on whether we are actually busy or we just think we are.
• Thoughts on busyness as a status symbol. 
• The glamorization of requiring minimal sleep. 
• Questions about the correlation between hours of sleep per night and success. 
• How lists may help one differentiate between perceived busyness and actual busyness.
• Questions around the difference between being ‘good tired’ or ‘bad tired’.
• The importance of being effective through your busyness and being able to replenish yourself.
• Questions around what is balance.
• How to prevent work from intruding on one’s personal space. 
• Questions on the necessity of busyness to be purposeful and effective.  
• The role of deadlines in driving results.  
• One’s responsibility as a coach or educator to be an example of good time management.
• Key resources for support in a culture of busyness.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jonathan Mueller on LinkedIn  

Scott Lindner on LinkedIn

Jonathan Mueller on Twitter  

Scott Lindner on Twitter

Connected Learning Partnerships website

‘Ugh, I’m So Busy’: A Status Symbol for Our Time - Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic

Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar on Amazon