"Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride."
- Anthony Bourdain
“Winning is fun...Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.”
- Pat Summitt
"My journey's not by mistake. Every hard thing I've gone through has built something in me that I've needed down the road."
Inspiration from WNBA champion @BeckyHammon.
Hustle culture persuades us that growth only happens when we are doing, doing, doing, even at the expense of relationships and wellbeing.
The greatest growth, though, happens when we slow down. It's here that we become smarter with our decisions, commitments, and time.
Work-life balance sets the bar too low.
No one grows up dreaming of a job that doesn't interfere with their life. We hope to spend our waking hours doing work that enriches our lives.
A toxic job drains you. A decent job sustains you. A healthy job invigorates you.
Extraordinary child care turnover data from @ajmarkowitz: over 3 yrs, 75% of a cohort of CC pros will leave their jobs. This was pre-COVID, so surely higher now. Anna's team had better data than researchers usually have on turnover denominator, so these are good data. #NRCEC2022
Members of our Early Learning Indiana team spent the past few days presenting at both the @NAEYC Professional Learning Institute and the Indiana Early Intervention Conference!
To discern what is truly essential we need space to think, time to look and listen, permission to play, wisdom to sleep, and the discipline to apply highly selective criteria to the choices we make. #essentialism
We reached our $1 million goal for a new Early Learning Center at Manual. On behalf of @EarlyLearningIN and Christel House Indianapolis, we thank you. We’re going to create an amazing opportunity for the youngest residents of Indianapolis! #thankyou#earlylearning#itstartshere
Excited to share our new @AnnenbergInst working paper tracking tchr turnover in a cohort of nearly 4,500 Louisiana child care, Head Start, and pre-k teachers over three years! Joint w/ @laurabellows (currently on the job market!!) & @ajmarkowitz https://t.co/Jqhu5K5D3K
Do yourself a favor. Shack up next to some water. Climb a few mountains. Hike out to the ocean. Find beauty in your surroundings and stay long enough to let the smell of the pine sink in. Pursue what brings you joy. https://t.co/tKQxEt04Iu
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