Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Did you choose teaching . . . or did it slowly start choosing everything for you?
There was a version of you who chose education on purpose. In fact, it may have felt like education was a calling.
Not because it was easy.
Not because it paid the most.
Not because you would become rich and famous.
But because something in you lit up at the idea of guiding, shaping, and witnessing the growth of your students.
Something in you loved kids and wanted to make a difference in their lives.
That version of you still exists.
Burnout doesn’t erase your why.
It buries or hides your why.
How?
It wraps it in exhaustion, deadlines, and emotional overload until it’s hard to feel.
Here’s the quiet truth most educators don’t hear enough:
Joy isn’t something you earn after the workload lightens or at the end of the school year.
Joy is a choice!
Joy is something you can choose to reconnect with anytime, anywhere, any place.
Not by forcing yourself to be positive. Not by pretending everything is fine.
But small, intentional moments of remembering:
- The student whose eyes lit up when they finally understood something because of you.
- The laughter in your classroom that you didn’t plan.
- The moments that feel… human again – loving, caring, kind.
Joy isn’t gone. It’s waiting for your attention.
Here’s an affirmation for you today:
I choose joy.
Journal prompt:
Where have I felt even the smallest spark of joy in my classroom recently?
Love & blessings,
Catherine
P.S. If you’re starting to feel like something needs to change—but you can’t quite name what or how—I invite you to have a Soul Alignment Call to help you get clear on what’s next. You can explore that here: https://calendly.com/cattitude5932/soulalignmentcall