Thread by @simonbolger

I get a lot of questions about how schools can improve staff #wellbeing by using an off the shelf product, online audits, by doing nice things for people, putting treats in the staff room, and buddying people up with “wellbeing friends”. #SLTChat #edutwitter

All the above certainly are kind, generous and can make a small day-to-day difference - but at best they will only bring about circumstantial change.

That’s the same for many people in life. Most of us are trying to improve our circumstances.

They say things like:
✔️To be happy I need...
✔️I will be happy when...
✔️Once everything is sorted out then I’ll be good...

Until you change what’s going on in your mind, you won’t get any kind of profound circumstantial change.

Just trying or waiting for circumstances to change traps you in a state of perpetual waiting.

Thinking “I’ll be happy when all of this stuff happens in the future” is a trick of the mind.

When have you ever been in your future?

You are only ever where you are right now. In the present.

If you keep waiting to be happy then the chances are that you’ll die waiting.

The key message I want to share with people is “when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change”.

Don’t let “Smunday” (when Sunday turns into Monday) ruin your week.

Grab it and own it. That’s Monday morning and life I’m talking about! #beyourbestself #forthechildren