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4/11/2022 0 Comments

JumpStart National Cheese Fondue Day

It’s Cheese Fondue Day!

​I can totally get behind a holiday dedicated to a socially acceptable way to eat warm melted cheese by the spoonful.

I promise to show a lot of grit by finishing off the whole pot (especially if it’s this recipe that I got from a friend who used to own a fondue restaurant in St. Louis).
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Nothing brings out the grit in teachers like December and the last weeks of the school year.

​Grit is the perseverance and passion for achieving long-term goals.

In my mind, there is a fine line between grit and perfectionism. It takes willpower and sacrifice to achieve goals. What happens when one becomes so focused on the product that the joy of the process is lost? What happens when the goal is met but the process has consumed so much of one’s life that one can’t let go? What happens when grit keeps one on a path of improvement to a point where there really aren’t anymore gains left to be made, and perhaps energy and skills learned could be better used elsewhere?

I would also argue that the biggest barrier to grit is distraction. It’s much easier to give our time and energy to a fleeting, meaningless distraction than it is to put the same energy and time into building something worthwhile.
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This week, try this: Be intentional with your actions. You have a limited amount of time and energy. What will you bless with it? 
It takes grit to keep doing abs.
You don’t realize how much your core supports pretty much every move you make until your abs are sore. While this short sequence shouldn’t get your abs to that point, it’s an exercise that will get your blood flowing and your focus on something different for about 5 and a half minutes. 

Educator Resource:

Getting Real About Grit: 6 Things Every Teacher Needs to Know. I highly recommend you check out Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers podcast wherever you get your podcasts. With the link above, you can either read the transcript on her blog or listen to the full episode. Even if you just listen to the first 7 or so minutes, it’s time well spent!

Dad Joke:
I own the world's worst thesaurus.  Not only is it awful, it's awful.

Have a great week!
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