These last few weeks I have had more to do than ever before. Another parents’ evening, more data drops, communicating with parents and responding to what felt like a million emails.
At times it has felt like an impossibility to keep up with the workload. Keeping track of the tasks I have to do each day can be exceedingly difficult, especially when the tasks in question cannot be completed immediately. It is so easy to get distracted by another job that needs doing and completely forget about something else.
In order to combat this problem, I have started taking a sticky notepad around with me wherever I go. Whenever I get a task that needs doing, I write it on the notepad, prioritise what needs doing first and then at the end of the teaching day I work my way through the remaining tasks before heading home. Who would have thought that sticky notes would have become such a life-saver?
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