Full Episode Listen on Apple Podcasts || Listen on Spotify || Listen on Google || Other Podcasting Apps Episode Summary In our Summer of Systems, let’s take a minute to talk about strategies to force us to focus. Focus strategies are going to give us the long term benefit of more time earned back once […]
Time Management
Decide Once and Done
Decision fatigue is such a literally exhausting problem for moms and teachers, but if we can spend more time to “decidie once” then we can free up our own mental stress and time. Decide Once and Done Transcript I’m sure you’ve heard it by now, but teachers make more minute by minute decisions than a […]
Plan to Thrive instead of Survive
Teachers struggle to keep up with the day to day work, and sometimes we think that Friday should be the day we prep for the entire next week. Instead, I think that we should move our Friday prep so that it can be the start of a beautiful new and relaxing weekend! Let’s talk about […]
Building New Habits for the New Year
With a New Year come new resolutions. And while I really despise “resolutions” it’s also essentially just building new habits, which I love. So let’s talk about an easy way to incorporate habits into your day by stealing mini moments that we can add them into. Building New Habits with Mini Moments Transcript For an […]
4 Burner Method: Prioritize your Schedule
If you’re struggling to fit your goals and priorities into your day, let’s discuss the 4 burner method and how it can work with block schedules to create a streamlined and productive path to feeling accomplished. This is a transcript of Episode 5 of the Simple Systems with Sam podcast. If you prefer to listen, […]
Block Schedule Start-up
This is a transcript of Episode 3 of the Simple Systems with Sam Podcast. A block schedule will change how you look at your day and productivity, so let’s start setting one up, one step at a time. Episode 3: Block Schedule Party! If you were to ask me, “Hey, Sam, what’s the one thing […]
Delegate Tasks: Is it really yours?
Let’s talk about how to overcome the mental hurdle and cut down your to-do list with one eye opening step: delegate tasks to others.
Simple Systems: The Simplest Step
This is a transcript for Episode 1 of the Simple Systems with Sam Podcast. Together let’s discuss the importance of simple systems and how we can set simple systems up in our own life: starting with the simplest step. From Overwhelmed to Simple You know that feeling when you wake up and you just want […]
Focus on Conquering the Teacher Task List
Teacher task lists are never ending. With so much to accomplish we can often become overwhelmed to the point of not getting ANY of it done. Instead of sitting in the Sunday Scaries knowing the work and grading are piling up, let me share the simplest trick to getting back on track! Being Productive with […]