“Siesta”

Young teacher, without children, a class teacher (main teacher for the class) at primary school, but also teaches Czech and English at lower secondary school. She is a class teacher in an Italian class, so she had to learn some Italian as well. She has been working at the school for 7 years (she has been in different positions but started as a teacher of Czech for foreigners).

During the first wave of the pandemic, she was part of the show UčíTelka! on the Czech national TV.

During the covid, I realised that I needed to relax more because the online classes were very demanding for me. So, I made a rule for myself to have “a siesta” after lunch. This habit helped me a lot to relax and gain strength for the afternoon classes and other assignments I had to do in the afternoon.

You could say that thanks to the covid and the fact that I was confined to my home with limited possibilities to exercise, I started to exercise more regularly. Not only was it good for my body, but it was also good for my psyche.

I was also very comfortable with making lists of tasks I needed to accomplish in a day and gradually ticking them off. It was a very pleasant feeling. I had this habit in the past, but during covid, checking off the lists was even more enjoyable.

It also made me realise how important family and friends are to me and confirmed that I can rely on them.

Thanks to lockdown, I’ve come to like after-lunch naps, which unfortunately I can’t practice at school now, but when I have a free day and I’m at home, I like to rest after lunch.
I’ve also found that to-do lists help me keep track of what I’m going to do during the day and spread my tasks evenly throughout the day according to their difficulty.

Hold on, it cannot last forever.

Date: August 2022
Organisation: INSTITUT INPRO