This week Kim is taking a vacation. Seriously, she is not doing ANY work. This is ironically, but not surprisingly, stressful for her. Many educators, including us, have worked so hard for so long that we have almost forgotten how to enjoy our leisure. When we talked yesterday, Kim said that she feels more stressed about not working than she does about preparing for a busy, complex week of professional learning.
To help Kim relax, I am writing the blog alone this week, which is also very different for us. I suspect that Kim will check her e-mail and will find reading the blog to see what I have written irresistible. So, I am writing for Kim this week, as well as for many of you. This week’s posts will all be about how to do nothing, something Kim and I, and perhaps many of you, can manage to turn into work. 
Writing about doing nothing all week means that I won’t be doing nothing, but I will be reading about doing nothing, which seems closer to actually doing nothing.
So, I’m kicking off this week by sending you (and Kim) to this as Andy Puddicombe (Isn’t that a great name!) talks about doing nothing and the ways it can make the things you decide to do, better. I’m only including the video as a link because Kim always embeds the videos. Kim, if you are reading this, don’t embed the video. Go out to the beach! XOXOXO Jan
Oh no! I’m on vacation and what am I doing? I’m checking my email and reading your blog! Thanks for the reminder to power down my iPad and get on my bike!