Self Care: Prioritize Now or Burnout Tomorrow

The attendees will engage in a robust discussion regarding how they are feeling right now as they approach their daily work in ECE. Once we validate their feelings we will move into discussions on how they define self care, and if they have any experiences that they want to share regarding their mental and physical journeys. We will look at six different ways to incorporate self care into their daily lives and reflect on their outcomes regarding creativity, time management, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. There will be handouts that will help them chart out a self care regime for one week and think about some type of reward structure so they will stay engaged. We will build a community for potential accountability partnerships to avoid burnout and leaving the field for other endeavors due to uncertainty and challenges from all fronts.