This series of articles provides tips and ideas that teachers and leaders can reflect on to improve their own work/life balance or to help support another member of their team who is struggling to keep their head above water.
In the first article, I discussed some of the key challenges staff face when striving for a sustainable work/life balance and encouraged you to reflect on your own situations. Now I’d like to offer some further practical strategies for dealing with overwhelm and managing your time more effectively.
Dealing with overwhelm
You can probably already spot the signs of overwhelm: thoughts and feelings can vary, from “I don’t have enough hours in the day” and “I simply can’t cope or deal with this”, to that paralysing feeling of not knowing where or how to get started, or conversely feeling the frustration of not being able to focus on the task in hand as you have 100 other things that are equally pressing.
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