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Update #58: Teeehheeeheheee
By Sammy Ginsberg Oh my! Since I stopped teaching last week on Wednesday, I have become so scattered in a daze summer mode craze. Also I’ve been dating this guy and when we’re together, everything falls away and the ordinary is so very blissful. I’ve been so scatterbrained in a beautiful way, but also in…
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Update #57: I have decided to leave full-time public school teaching
By Sammy Ginsberg It’s been a long time coming. I resigned from full-time teaching because I burnt out. I went on medical leave twice that year from burn out, and I just needed it to be over. I didn’t really have a plan of what to do next, I just knew that what I was…
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Update #55: Do I move to Oklahoma?
By Sammy Ginsberg Watching Murder She Wrote on Amazon Prime last night, an advertisement came on about moving to Oklahoma. While none of the other ads spoke to me, this one did. Should I move to Oklahoma? I said it out loud, “Should I move to Oklahoma?” and the next commercial break, it ran again.…
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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…