Back to school time!

In the US, par­ents and stu­dents are rush­ing about prepar­ing for the begin­ning of fall classes. Tra­di­tion­ally, that involves shop­ping for new cloth­ing and sup­plies from pen­cils to com­put­ers. Teens and young adults are leav­ing home for col­lege dorms. The whole endeavor devours money, time and energy. Traf­fic snarls and tem­pers fray. If we had stress reports along­side the weather reports, this sea­son would be con­sid­ered guar­an­teed over­time at the news stations.

Remem­ber that there is noth­ing magic about the first day of school. It isn’t the last day for acquir­ing cloth­ing for the sea­son. Acqui­si­tion of some sup­plies can be spread out a bit. (Before we became home­school­ers, we finally started look­ing at some of the more exces­sive school sup­ply lists as “teacher wish lists.”)

If you are a stu­dent or a teacher, don’t spend all your energy before the term begins! Calm down. You’ll be able to get more pens and paper and what have you later on. Ask for and accept help. Set up a sus­tain­able sched­ule and a pleas­ant work envi­ron­ment that sup­ports you.

Now have a good term!

August 1, 2006   Posted in: Relaxation

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