Category: Improving Life

I’ve been thinking about why things don’t derail me the way they used to, and how I have developed ways to cope with bad days. A couple of years ago, I made a comment about how my job stresses me out sometimes. I’m an introvert. Teaching is an incredibly social job, and some days it’s…

The other day, one of my students confidently informed me that adults can have whatever they want. This is how my class was introduced to a raw moment of unhinged laughter from me. The conversation started innocently enough. We were talking about how to speak to teachers (and other authority figures) when you feel you’ve…