Teachers on Fire 181 - Building a new WELLNESS HABIT: The 10,000 Push-Up Challenge
On January 1, 2021, host Tim Cavey tweeted “All right, educators. Who’s up for the 10,000 push-up challenge this year? We’ll need to average 28 per day and track our progress together.”
At the time, he hoped that maybe a few educators might join him. To his surprise, the tweet was liked hundreds of times, and over 170 educators joined him in a Google Sheet to track their push-up progress together. By January 16, 2021, challenge participants had combined for 66,357 recorded push-ups!
As fun as that is, the challenge isn’t actually about the numbers. It’s about lifestyle change. It’s about gradually building a new daily habit: one that improves our fitness and expands our capacity to serve others.
Whether you’re an official member of the Teachers on Fire 10,000 Push-Up Challenge or you’re on your own quest for teacher wellness, this conversation will encourage you. Enjoy.
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QUESTIONS THAT GUIDED THIS DISCUSSION
Q1 - Who are you and what does your CONTEXT in education look like?
Q2 - What is your WHY for the push-up challenge? Where does your motivation come from?
Q3 - How is the challenge going so far for you? UPDATE us.
Q4 - What are your tips, tricks, or strategies for getting in your reps and keeping this going with CONSISTENCY?
Q5 - Let us know how we can CONNECT with you and your work in 2021!
CONNECT with THESE COMMITTED EDUCATORS on TWITTER
🔥 Taila McKenzie @heymsmckayy (https://twitter.com/heymsmckayy)
🔥 Kim Burke @Burke_Kim_Coach (https://twitter.com/burke_kim_coach)
🔥 Aurra Kawanzaruwa @Ms_Aurra (https://twitter.com/Ms_Aurra)
🔥 Craig Collins @CraigCCollins (https://twitter.com/craigccollins)
🔥 Andrew Canle @AJCanle (https://twitter.com/AJCanle)
🔥 Andy Dobbie @A_Dobbie11 (https://twitter.com/A_Dobbie11)
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