I know it’s May. After all, it is National Teacher Mental Health Month. But when I think of myths surrounding mental health and achievement and success, I think of failures associated with New Year’s Day and its accompanying slew of New Year's Resolutions.

How many people do you know that made NYR? And how many people do you know who actually achieved them? 

Many failures fall victim to the myths of mental health and achievements.

Takeaways

1. Improving your state of mind requires changing your thoughts.
2. Changing your thoughts is not the same as positive thinking.
3. It’s ok not to be happy all the time. In fact, being happy all the time is evidence of being a sociopath, of someone who’s well adjusted.

ELA Teacher Links

• Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Short Stories for Teaching Empathy
• Short Story Catalog at ELACOMMONCORELESSONPLANS.com
• Poetry Collections at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com