Self Care

April 6, 2026 In June of 2018, I told my superintendent that if I could retire, I would. I loved my job — teaching, running an innovative lab school — but I had reluctantly taken on the role of director while still teaching, and it had beaten me down. The arthritis in my hip had become excruciating, and on top of the job fatigue, had left me empty. Nothing left in the tank. That August, I was supposed to visit friends in Thailand and do some solo traveling there and in Malays