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  • Microaggressions: They’re Real and They Hurt

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    Sue Dunlop

    “Where are you from?” “I guess you wear the pants in the family.” “You won’t have the natural authority to be a school administrator, so maybe you should think about a different career path.” Perhaps you’ve heard the term microaggressions and wondered what it means. Maybe someone has brought it to your attention at work when speaking…

  • Are You Caught in the Whirlwind?

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    Sue Dunlop

    Look or sound familiar? Sometimes I’m definitely Mickey and that whirlwind doesn’t want to let me go. The whirlwind is a term coined by the authors of Four Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals. They describe it as the massive amount of energy that’s necessary just to keep your job going on a day-to-day…

  • #oneword 2019 – ACTION!

    #oneword 2019 – ACTION!

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    Sue Dunlop

    Ta da! The curtain is up on my #oneword for this year. I’m excited because it’s taken me a while. I discarded two or three potential words after letting them roll around – they just didn’t seem to fit. In past years, I found my #oneword easily. Things are changing though, and that’s good. Why…

  • Life Isn’t a Holiday and That’s Good

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    Sue Dunlop

    You probably just spent some time reading, hiking, skating, or one of many other activities on the holiday break. Wasn’t it great? Vacations can be truly wonderful. I look forward to them for a chance to disconnect from work and do some things I love. For instance, having the time to read more fiction is…

  • One Drop Can Change Everything

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    Sue Dunlop

    “Mom, last year my classroom had tables – do you think we’ll have tables or desks in grade 3?”  This is a conversation I overheard on Labour Day between a mom and daughter cycling on the waterfront trail.  It reflects the atmosphere in so many homes this past weekend as we wonder what the new…

  • How I Organize My Life

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    Sue Dunlop

    August brings a new year for my bullet journal. I buy a gorgeous new Leuchtturm 1917 dotted notebook and begin planning and organizing using this “analog system for the digital age”. I’ve gone through lots of different systems over the years. Once upon a time it was a Daytimer. I loved my little binder with…