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Update #54: Do I Move Back To London?
By Sammy Ginsberg Dude! I’ve been spiraling. Things are hard again, and am planning my escape. Will things get better? Sammy – moving can be a form of self-abandonment. What is it that I want? Things are going to get better. They are. I’ve been having this deep conversation with myself about teaching and the…
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Stability Goals from June 2025
By Sammy Ginsberg Just for the record, here are my June 2025 stability goals. I want to update some of them. Stable Housing: maintain a home that makes it convenient for me to go to my job, get my wellness needs met, and nurture relationships with people who can support me in caring for my stability…
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Update #53: Tired of Being Disrespected
By Sammy Ginsberg I am feeling so burnt out. Today, I lost it in Period 5. I feel my boundaries are being violated and my nervous system and needs are not being met, and I’m running on fumes. Cried Saturday and Monday and now today. Students were being so disrespectful in Period 5, and the…
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Update #52: Workaholic Sammy
By Sammy Ginsberg GARRRRPPP! WAhh! I got off the phone with my mother and she really triggered me. Like twice! I called her last week and she said, “Okay, tell me how work is going. That’s all I really care about.” So I updated her about work. And then today, I called her and was…
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Update #51: February Holistic Reflection and Intention Setting
By Sammy Ginsberg Just did a lovely holistic reflection and now it’s time to set my intentions. I was thinking about the larger picture of Stability Sammy. I have come so so so far. From June 2025 being on sick leave and enrolled in a mental health outpatient program at Kaiser, then resigning from my…
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Update #50: My Plate and My Priorities
By Sammy Ginsberg I went back to therapy. It is helpful, albeit I do feel relatively fine. Working through my PTSD from past work experiences and it is pretty fucking magical. Feeling so grateful for my colleagues and community at the new school I’m working at! I am even starting to dream of working there…
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Update #49: Boundaries and People Pleasing and Say No!
By Sammy Ginsberg I am feeling really anxious. Last night, I got triggered right before bed. Today, I am still feeling anxious. I started to spiral. I have realized it is a people-pleasing trigger. It came from trying to do SCTE social media stuff and being like, wow, the system is so dysfunctional!!! And so…
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Update #48: Birthday Girl
By Sammy Ginsberg For the first time in years, I posted on Instagram that it was my birthday on my story. Ever since I realized I wasn’t invited to who I considered a close friend’s birthday, I have been terrified to post. I didn’t want to put someone through the same thing as me. Although,…
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Update #47: Spirallinggggg
By Sammy Ginsberg Cats! Dogs! Rats! Children! I’m spirallingggg. Well not really right now, but like at 4pm – I was spiraling. I felt a panic coming on like it was November 2024, and so I went to yoga. Now I am at the Shut Up and Write in Los Feliz that I started in…
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Update #46: Introductory Reflection for Intro to Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.
By Sammy Ginsberg Yay! I am so excited for this book. My friend who is a therapist recommended it. I had seen the cover while working at Skylight and been very interested in reading it. Chapter one is phenomenal! It is something that I have thought a lot about and learned intuitively. So great to…