Year 5 is Different

I have been so stressed my entire career and then this year just magically occurs.

I have resources prepped from past years so I’m not scrambling to toss together lessons. I know my content and my students well enough that teaching is easier. I have a strategy for every behavior locked and loaded as I’ve seen it all before. I know how to use my prep efficiently so work doesn’t go home. Things that would have broken me down to tears in the past are just something I can handle now, no sweat.

I guess I thought that it never got easier but all of a sudden, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and finally understand how people do this for their full career. I can honestly say I’m having fun at work for the first time in a long time. Kinda neat.