{"id":1791,"date":"2016-10-02T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecornerstone.wpengine.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=1791"},"modified":"2024-08-13T02:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:01:42","slug":"fight-disillusionment-school-year-isnt-going-planned","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\/fight-disillusionment-school-year-isnt-going-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fight disillusionment when the school year isn\u2019t going as planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first roadblock of discouragement tends to hit a little sooner than most teachers are expecting. When you\u2019re new to the profession, you assume disillusionment is something you won\u2019t have to deal with until you\u2019ve been in the classroom for years, so when you realize on day three of your career that the reality of teaching isn\u2019t going to even remotely align with your expectations, you might experience a horrible moment of panic where you\u2019re suddenly questioning all of your life choices.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just new teachers this happens to &#8212; when you\u2019ve been in the profession for awhile, you realize some disillusionment is a normal part of teaching, but you convince yourself that THIS year will be different. This year, you\u2019re more prepared. You\u2019re more experienced. You\u2019re going to be ready for whatever comes your way.<\/p>\n<p>And so it\u2019s still surprising when it only takes a week or two of school before that great plan you had for the year seems to fall apart, and all your prior confidence feels like naivety, and your preparations feel totally pointless, like you\u2019d been planning lessons and procedures for a fantasy world.<\/p>\n<p>By October, you\u2019re wondering what the heck you signed up for and how you\u2019ll make it until June.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I want you to know when you hit this point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fight-disillusionment-500x500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-pin-description=\"How to fight disillusionment when the school year isn\u2019t going as planned --Feeling down because the things you've painstakingly planned for your class is not working? These 5 strategies will motivate you and help you get that fighting spirit back.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fight-disillusionment-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fight-disillusionment-500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fight-disillusionment-500x500-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Want to listen instead of read?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Listen to season 4 episode 9 below,<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>or subscribe in your podcast app.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4641152\/height\/90\/width\/500\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/672c5b\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Click the player above (or use the download button to listen on the go)!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This post is based on the latest episode of my weekly podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers\">Angela Watson\u2019s Truth for Teachers<\/a>. A podcast is like a free talk radio show you can listen to online, or download and take with you wherever you go. I release a new 15 minute episode each Sunday and feature it here on the blog to help you get energized and motivated for the week ahead. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts below in the comment section!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>1) Feeling some disillusionment is normal, even at the beginning of the school year, because it\u2019s impossible to accurately predict the challenges you\u2019ll face.<\/h3>\n<p>Disillusionment happens to almost all of us. Teaching is a really tough job in which it\u2019s almost impossible to imagine (much less prepare for) the depth and scope of the challenges you\u2019ll be expected to overcome.<\/p>\n<p>We all get this picture in our minds of what our students are going to be like, then we truly start to understand all the situations they\u2019re facing and issues they\u2019re bringing to the classroom, and we realize we\u2019re going to have to adjust our expectations. It\u2019s very normal for that to feel discouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Be ready for this to happen so it doesn\u2019t throw you off your game. The reality of what you\u2019re actually going to be dealing with this year will probably hit you like a slap in the face and when you couple that with all your best-laid plans getting constantly thwarted by unexpected demands on your time, ridiculous inconveniences and requests, and sheer exhaustion, disillusionment will be par for the course.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not fun to deal with. But you\u2019re certainly not alone in facing it. And you can overcome it.<\/p>\n<h3>2) \u00a0The way you feel right now will not last all year.<\/h3>\n<p>The beginning of the year is without a doubt the busiest, most demanding season of the year for a teacher. You cannot look at your current workload and low energy level and start questioning, \u201cHow in the world can I keep this up for another 10 months?\u201d And in the middle of the year, you cannot start counting down the days and trying to envision yourself managing THAT (whatever THAT is at the moment) for 124.5 grueling more days.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing yourself to think this way\u00a0will deplete whatever little bit of energy you have. The key to finding the light at the end of the tunnel is to avoid the presumption that your current situation is permanent.<\/p>\n<p>With any stressful situation in life, you want to resist the urge to assume things will stay that difficult for a long time, because as we know, life is always changing. New challenges will come your way and old challenges will be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>I can guarantee that you will not be dealing with this exact same set of problems a few months from now &#8212; your workload will change, your students will change, and you will change. Some of it will be for the better and a few things will change for the worse, but it will be DIFFERENT. You will not feel exactly like this every day for the entire school year.<\/p>\n<h3>3) Constantly thinking and talking about how bad your situation under the guise of \u201cventing\u201d will not make the situation feel easier to bear; examining the evidence to support your assumptions will.<\/h3>\n<p>Stop telling yourself (and anyone who will listen) how outrageous and unbearable the situation is, and think about the situation from an objective, realistic standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Is my situation completely bad and a total failure?\u00a0<\/strong>There are few situations that don\u2019t have at least SOME good in them, hence the old saying about every cloud having a silver lining. If you\u2019re telling yourself a student is totally hopeless, a lesson was a complete disaster, or your job is absolutely miserable, you\u2019re being pessimistic, not realistic. The reality is that the situation is NOT all bad; you\u2019re simply choosing not to see the part that\u2019s good and pretending it doesn\u2019t exist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is the problem truly unbearable?\u00a0<\/strong>After all, you\u2019re bearing it, and other teachers are bearing much worse. Most of what we complain about is nothing more than a first world problem which a teacher with 75 students sitting on a dirt floor in Uganda in 110 degree heat would be thrilled to \u201cput up with.\u201d All suffering is relative, and you can handle a lot more than you give yourself credit for. Stop telling yourself your problem is unbelievable and come to terms with reality. It\u2019s happening. Believe it. Deal with it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is it possible that the situation may not be the way I perceive it and is there an alternative explanation?\u00a0<\/strong>Most of the time when we\u2019re unhappy, it\u2019s really not the circumstance making us miserable, but our interpretation of it &#8212; the story we tell ourselves about the circumstance. If you can consider that there are other, less miserable ways to experience the problems you\u2019re facing &#8212; perhaps by seeing how one of your colleagues is coping &#8212; you\u2019ve taken a huge step toward changing the way you experience a difficult situation, because now you understand that your present experience is not the only possibility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is it useful or beneficial for me to perceive things this way?\u00a0<\/strong>You might truly have a class that never stops talking, or a perpetually broken photocopier, or a parent that is determined to get you written up. But ask yourself whether it\u2019s helpful in any way for you to choose to think about your situation that way. Let\u2019s say a student has a 42% average and the quarter ends on Friday. It could be completely true and accurate to think,\u00a0<em>Maria is going to fail the class and there\u2019s nothing I can do about it.<\/em>\u00a0But does that thought help you teach your classes with enthusiasm and energy? Does it stir up feelings of compassion toward Maria so you\u2019re motivated to help her do better next quarter? Does it make you feel good about yourself and your work as a teacher?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a thought or perception doesn\u2019t make it easier for you to do your job well, then choose not to dwell on it! Let the thought enter your mind and pass right back out without attaching any importance to it or giving it any further thought. Dismiss it, distract yourself, and replace your thoughts with things that are beneficial. Tell yourself:<\/p>\n<p><em>Nope, I\u2019m not going to start thinking about this &#8212; it\u2019s not helpful and there\u2019s no good that can come from me ruminating on that idea. I choose not to think thoughts that don\u2019t contribute to my mental well-being. Moving on.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>4) \u00a0The best way to fight disillusionment is to view setbacks as situation-specific, temporary, and changeable.<\/h3>\n<p>No one has a crystal ball, so most of the time, we don\u2019t know for sure if a bad situation is going to be pervasive (keep getting worse), permanent (go on for a long time), or be impossible to\u00a0change (leaving us hopeless). Pervasive, permanent, and powerless are the hallmarks of a pessimistic outlook on life.<\/p>\n<p>Most pessimists think they\u2019re being realistic. But deciding that a situation is hopeless and unbearable is not being realistic. It\u2019s simply your perception. If you\u2019ve never challenged your assumptions about your situation, you\u2019ll automatically be convinced that the way you perceive things is factual, when it\u2019s actually a result of the way you talk to yourself and the story you tell yourself about your life.<\/p>\n<p>You may not be able to change your circumstance, but you can change the self-talk that colors everything you see. Challenging pessimistic thought patterns means choosing to see things as they really are, not as they appear to be through the lens of a negative interpretation you\u2019ve applied.<\/p>\n<p>Do not take your pessimistic explanations lightly. These are not harmless habits: they are at the very root of teacher burnout. When you convince yourself that your work is just not making a difference, things will probably never get better (and may just get worse), and that you\u2019re helpless to do anything about it. You\u2019ve painted yourself as a victim of unfair circumstances and being a victim is stressful and depressing.<\/p>\n<p>So refrain from making a negative guess, assumption, or prediction about how your situation will go. \u00a0No matter how dysfunctional the situation is, your perspective will determine whether you feel courageous and accomplished or discouraged and defeated.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s certainly possible to overcome disillusionment because tens of thousands of teachers manage to do so every day. You might even know some of them yourself &#8212; people who keep giving their all day after day in the most troubled and challenging schools, and even seem to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s their secret:\u00a0<em>they have optimistic, explanatory styles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They believe that good things are happening and are worth focusing on, that problems will not last forever, and that their own efforts are making a positive difference. While the pessimists see setbacks as permanent, pervasive, and powerless, the optimist sees setbacks as situation-specific, temporary, and changeable.<\/p>\n<p>You can even choose to see\u00a0<em>disillusionment itself<\/em>\u00a0as situation-specific, temporary, and changeable. It\u2019s a reality that you\u2019re not really loving your job. That is a fact. But you can choose to interpret your disillusionment as something that you\u2019re facing right now &#8212; something that won\u2019t go on forever, won\u2019t continue to spiral and get worse, and most importantly, won\u2019t be something that\u2019s out of your control.<\/p>\n<h3>5) You can fight disillusionment by concentrating on one day a time.<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to get sucked into pessimistic thinking when you try to take on too much at one time.<\/p>\n<p>So, resist the urge to worry about how you\u2019re going to balance everything next month, next quarter, or next year. It\u2019s impossible to predict how certain problems will improve and which new issues will crop up to take their place, so don\u2019t expend too much mental energy on this or start making negative assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, trust that you\u2019ll have the wisdom and the strength for each day as it comes. You will know what to do when each problem arises. Choose to be okay with taking two steps forward and one step back &#8212; don\u2019t let that discourage you because even with the setbacks, you\u2019ll still come out ahead from where you started.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1792 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Awakened-border-500x759.jpg\" alt=\"awakened-border-500x759\" width=\"500\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Awakened-border-500x759.jpg 500w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Awakened-border-500x759-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/product\/awakened\/\">I\u2019ve\u00a0written about this pretty extensively in my book\u00a0<em>Awakened<\/em><\/a>, because this is a core aspect of the pessimistic outlook that has to be overcome if you want to maintain your enthusiasm for teaching. I wrote\u00a0<em>Awakened<\/em>\u00a0to help teachers\u00a0develop the resilient, flexible, positive mindset\u00a0that\u2019s needed in order to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consciously challenge the negative thoughts that discourage you<\/li>\n<li>Build your tolerance for frustration so you become less \u2018disturbable\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Live beyond your feelings to stay motivated when you don\u2019t see results<\/li>\n<li>Change your perception of setbacks so they feel less stressful<\/li>\n<li>Let go of unrealistic expectations, standards, and comparisons<\/li>\n<li>Realize a sense of accomplishment in a job that\u2019s truly never done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Awakened\u00a0<\/em>tells the complete story of how I overcame the negative, pessimistic outlook that comes naturally to me, and re-trained my mind to see setbacks as situation-specific, temporary, and changeable. I\u2019ve tried to\u00a0provide simple steps in the book that will help you feel peaceful and energized, no matter what\u2019s happening around you. If you\u2019d like to learn more about this topic, I hope you\u2019ll check out the book!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #213673;\" href=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/category\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1766 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TFT-Podcast-Icon2-500x500-300x300.png\" alt=\"Truth for Teachers podcast: a weekly 10 minute talk radio show you can download and take with you wherever you go! 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