Journey into my sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy moments of my 5th year of teaching. Let's reflect together.

Taking Alexis Shepard's Teacher Type quiz has helped me understand my burnout journey more. Making choices to honor my best self is not always easy. Summer is almost here!

Responding to prompts from the Burned In Teacher Podcast:

What are 10 words people would describe me as? Is this how I want to be known as?

Who are the top 5 people I associate with the most? How do they negatively and positively influence me?

What is my personal mission statement? My core values as a teacher?

Read this episode as a blog post here:

https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/what-is-my-teacher-brand/

The lines of self-consciousness, modesty, and beauty can be quite blurry. Through a simple skincare story, I dive into my insecurities of my appearance as a teacher.

You can read the blog post version of this post here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/20/students-asked-me-to-drop-my-skincare-routine/

Mother's Day just passed. I think back to awkward moments when some students called me mom in the classroom or asked if I had or wanted children.

A student asked me where my wedding ring was. Wavering from practicality over social anxiety, I feel mixing unease when I stare at my empty ring finger. Do I need to prove my love and commitment?

You can read the blog post version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/my-thoughts-on-not-wearing-my-wedding-ring-as-a-teacher/

Journey through my past, present, and future thoughts on the name of this podcast. 

Let's be a little awkward together!

You can read the blog version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/post-birthday-reflection-3-reasons-on-why-i-named-my-blog-and-podcast-haunting-comforts/