Educate Me
Tips for a wonderful tutoring or studying session:
Try to eat a healthy snack prior to your session like a piece of fruit or veggies, a protein, and or whole grains/good carbs.
Drink water an hour before your session or during.
Avoid excessive sugary food or drinks 30-60 minutes prior to your session.
Take 15-30 minutes to relax and decompress from your busy school day by taking a walk, meditating, listening to your favorite music.
Avoid excessive electronic or screen time to give your eyes and mind a break the hour before your sessions.
Turn off all electronics and cell phones while attending your sessions and notify your loved ones and friends that you will not communicate with them for the entire session.
Remember that you can do all things you set your mind and focus on doing!
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Wellness
Mental Health is Important No Matter The Age or Station in Life
In a society where beautiful 9-year-old girls are taking their own lives, mental wellness is an important discussion to have. Some of us can easily recall how shocked we were that both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain both committed suicide.
However few of us heard about the little girl that was bullied to the point where she believed leaving this world was her only option. https://www.essence.com/news/mckenzie-adams-laid-to-rest/
What are we doing about our own mental health? Are we noticing when others around us are struggling? What are we doing to be accountable if we are in positions of management or administration to step in and speak up when we see negative behavior from others? The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available at anytime to help: 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
One 4th grader and her Grandmother are using their super powers of communication to speak out against bullying. If you want to join this fight, and use your own superpowers, please add to the discussion and share! Visit their blog: https://nobodybully.com/blog/
What Wellness Looks Like in 2021
To assist you with staying mentally well, you have physically stay well. However with Covid-19 in the way and our guidelines, how do we do that?
You can stay 6 feet apart from others in a park or walking trails.
Outdoor open spaces even in the cold should be embraced.
Avoiding large crowds by walking around your house or work place.
Look to online workouts in your home or patio spaces.
Play a physical video game that has you running or jumping or dancing.
Pick up a jump rope or ball and play around with your kids.
To stay mentally sharp try to move away from your media devices for an hour a day minimum to read a real paper bound book or write in a journal.
Pick up chess or a new board game you never played.
Puzzles are pretty amazing.
Adult Coloring Book options are new and additive.
Take the time to reconnect with family and friends via Zoom or by creating a Facebook room.
Try out a recipe and give cooking or baking a shot!
Block and avoid all Negative Family and Friends and DO NOT Feel Guilty.
Listen to a positive word online such as Elevation Church.
Make new friends and new loves via online apps like Bumble which has a networking feature.
Stay positive my friends and know you are never alone. We will get through to something we recognize again. Have faith!
Here are other resources that can assist you in surviving through this new normal:
Surviving the Pandemic While Black
How People Can Help Fight Racism
Get Vaccinated NC - Always In The Know Had Both Their Shots!
Culture Club
What Would 1990’s Say If It Could Talk to 2020?
1990’s would be shocked and itching to say it “does not believe that dial up web browsing would lead to the social media mess of a world we were living in today." 20 years ago, it took about 15-30 minutes to get an instant message to simply begin sending to someone verses today it takes less than 20 seconds. Do you realize how mind blowing this would be in the 1990’s???!!!
There was no Facebook, Snapchat, IG, Twitter, iTunes, online dating via Match, Tinder, Bumble, or EHarmony. There were Sony Walkman’s and Black Planet if you waited til 1999. A bit further down the line we all got Myspace and POF for socializing. Myspace is where it took about an hour for some elaborately designed pages with pictures to load. You would tell people to take a look at your page for info about you or your business ventures. Huge flip phones or things called landlines were used for calling your friends and family. Then if you were really fancy, you had a pager or beeper to “text” a “911” for someone special to call you.
Yeah 1990’s would see all the technology of today and crash it’s entire operating system at how we are wearing phones the size of a wristwatch that can communicate in every way imagined in 2020. 1990’s Would say “why don’t you just pick up the phone and leave a message to talk to her” or “go walk over to introduce yourself?” 2020 would say back “why would I do that when I could just text or snap or tweet or go to the gram?? People act funny when you approach them and it’s awkward.”
1990’s would long for human interaction and connections while 2020 would say “I am truly connected virtually and know so much more about people this way at a touch of my screen. I can value and rate someone’s worth with the power of a few clicks. I can go live and lift up or let down someone in a matter of seconds verses having to wait ‘til the 6pm and 11pm news! Do you know that I can order meals, clothes, food, friends, cars or stream anything now with my smartphone tablet or laptop?” ‘90’s would ask “but where is Toys r Us, Gap or the Limited in my mall? Where are committed relationships and those people who stick and stay and look each other in the eyes to talk, dream and grow together having meaningful conversations about life, family and community?”
’20 would say “I can just swipe right or left, meme you ‘til you go viral verses telling a thoughtful joke, vote or not vote, look up what I need in an instant verses learning a craft and hire a buffoon of a reality show star to serve as president.”
’90’s would say :( :< :[ :/