Creating Your Own Routine

With the recent disruption of our daily lives, the focus of many educators has been to get children into a routine. The rest of us need the same thing! Here are some tips:

Define Your Email Response TimeTell your clients (or students and families) your response time for emails (24 or 48 hours). Giving this window will allow you time to organize yourself for responding. You won't have to respond within the hour, and it's likely better to give some wait time between responses.If you tend to write back late at night, schedule the response to send during the next day's working hours. This is not just for you; it's for your team.

Set a Weekly Social Time Find a way to connect with others and Zoom or Facetime with friends and family. It's the perfect time to reconnect with people outside of your region (friends from your hometown, friends from college, etc.).

Screen-free Time Designate a time when your family is not using screens. It's ever more important to connect with the people around you while also disconnecting from screens.Go OutsideGo for a walk, bike ride, or just sit on your porch or balcony. The world's air seems a little cleaner than it was a few weeks ago.