As I sat down on my home computer this morning to write this post, I was trying to upload some pictures (because multitasking is inevitable at all times, right?) and I kept getting messages about my computer running out of memory space. Granted my pink Dell lap top is a few years old, I know she's still got a lot of good life in her. With the little IT knowledge I have, I went to my control panel and began to uninstall some pesky programs that I haven't used in a while (or ever) that are taking up precious computer space.All of a sudden, the messages go away and my computer is running faster and smoother. And my pictures are all uploaded. All I did was take a little time to rid of some extra things that were slowing me down.
So many times in our trainings, and in life, we talk about things we should be doing more of in order to raise children better, to make our work more effective, to better the lives of ourselves and others. But, sometimes what we need to focus on is what we need to LET GO OF that may be slowing us down.
What is it that that bogs you down? Maybe trying to pack too much into a lesson plan instead of having enough "unstructured play" time to observe and connect with the kids? Maybe spending too much time worrying about impressing parents with art projects that are inappropriate for the age group you teach? Or trying to make 2 year olds sit in a circle?
What about the toys that get scattered during center time? Could those possibly stay on the floor until you have motivated little helpers during clean up time?
What are some things in your day that you could cut out for your sanity and that of others? What do you need to uninstall from your day-to-day that would make room for the things that really matter?
Sometimes less creates more.
Give yourself permission. What do you need to uninstall?
-Lillian, and the CCC team
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