Less Stress: Declutter Your Desk
I have written about having a clear desk before in passing, but here is a little bit about why to do it as well as […]
Stress Reduction
Less Stress: Kill Your TV
This is perhaps my most favorite tip of them all! I haven’t regularly watched television since I was in 11th grade, but I have watched […]
Less Stress: Increase Healthy Foods
Now that you have eliminated junk foods from your diet, it’s time to replace them. So what kinds of foods should you replace them with? […]
Less Stress: Eliminate Junk Food
Junk Food. We hear the term tossed around all the time. What is junk food? Basically, it’s any food that lacks substantial nutritional value. White […]
Less Stress: Wake Up Earlier
I used to wake up every morning about an hour before I wanted to be at school. I try to get there by 7:20, so […]
Less Stress: Drink Water
I used to drink sodas all the time. I drank Dr. Pepper numerous times daily while I was in junior high and high school. I […]
A Recipe For Less Stress
In preparing for my month-long series on 25 Tips For Less Stress, I realized that I left out a few key ingredients. If you follow […]
25 Tips For Less Stress
Download the entire series in e-book format here This school year has been remarkably stress-free for me. As a middle school band director working with […]
Habit 1: Communication Habits
This is the first in a series of articles entitled 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Communication Procedures Without question, one of the most essential […]
Clarity Leads To Organization
In my last post Organization Leads To Sanity, I wrote about how I personally get organized at work. In this post, I am going to […]
Organization Leads To Sanity
After a conversation with another teacher last night, I started looking through the archives. I realized that I have written a few times about having […]
How Do I Keep My Sanity?
This article is part 7 of the series Questions That Will Save Your Career. Please read the other articles in the series. How Do I […]