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Attended a session on managing chronic-pandemic-related-stress-while-teaching-and-supervising-and-caring-for-family-members-and-acknowledging-performance-metrics-and-during-a-time-when-grocery-shopping-is-stressful-and-requiring-hyper-vigilance... A few things struck me...
1. Everyone is struggling in their own way. From loneliness of quarantine to never-ever-ever-being-alone-not-even-to-pee.
2. Sharing stresses and strategies amongst a group of supportive peers is always nice.
3. No one will every perfectly understand your context, but that is OK.
2. Sharing stresses and strategies amongst a group of supportive peers is always nice.
3. No one will every perfectly understand your context, but that is OK.
4. No one& #39;s solutions will work perfectly for you. It& #39;s great that the thing that works for you is booking a run everyday at 6pm. It won& #39;t work for me for the next 6 years. But I& #39;m happy for you.
5. Radical transparency is what is working for me - being as honest as possible.
5. Radical transparency is what is working for me - being as honest as possible.
6. Everyone needs grace right now. Directed at themselves and at others - up and down the reporting structure.
7. Supervisors, directors, managers, administrators - we all need to know that grace will be extended down as well.
8. People honestly deeply care about their students.
7. Supervisors, directors, managers, administrators - we all need to know that grace will be extended down as well.
8. People honestly deeply care about their students.
More reflection.
All of the following things are simultaneously true:
"I love the new flexibility - I can adapt my meeting times to meet a challenging schedule" and
"OMG there are no more limits between work and not-work - people want to meet at night at on the weekend!"
All of the following things are simultaneously true:
"I love the new flexibility - I can adapt my meeting times to meet a challenging schedule" and
"OMG there are no more limits between work and not-work - people want to meet at night at on the weekend!"
Also all true:
"I& #39;m excited that I& #39;m not expected to hug anyone anymore - that always felt invasive" and
"I miss being able to physically show people that I care about them. I haven& #39;t been hugged in months" and
"OMG why can& #39;t I just have some time without someone touching me!"
"I& #39;m excited that I& #39;m not expected to hug anyone anymore - that always felt invasive" and
"I miss being able to physically show people that I care about them. I haven& #39;t been hugged in months" and
"OMG why can& #39;t I just have some time without someone touching me!"
