How to Be Kind to Yourself

Kindness is taking the principles of sincere self-care and extending them. I try not to check my email on a Saturday or a Sunday, so that I have time to recharge. Getting pedagogical training in whatever way we can is a kindness to ourselves. For giving ourselves for accidental things like writing on the whiteboard with a permanent marker,. realizing that students are not going to remember for the rest of our lives that day that we spelled coffee down our shirt.