Step away from the laminator and set your grading pen down. Now that spring break is here, it’s time to take a real break from the school day routine. Check out our list of ideas, both radical and sensible, and then ask your teacher BFF to help you check off some of these tasks.

1. Read a (whole) book.

It’s time to follow your own advice as you spend a lot of time urging your students to read. Start with the library’s adult department and spend an hour browsing until you find something that appeals to you.

2. Plan nothing. 

Imagine a day where you have no expectations and neither predetermined plans nor commitments. This is hardly the route to planetary dominance, but it occasionally feels good.

3. Sleep (or at least stay in bed) until noon.

Although 19-year-olds are experts at it, you might need to put some effort in. Simply grab a book and tuck yourself even more deeply into your pillow if you wake up earlier than you’d like.

4. Buy something for your other rooms.

You constantly purchase items for your classroom (thanks, school district! ), so set a challenge for yourself today and purchase an item for a room in your own home. It isn’t even necessary for it to be encouraging or educational. It might simply be stunning.

5. Bake a three-layer lemon cake.

Bran muffins are another option. Anything that you and your family or friends will eat. A baking session in the afternoon is usually therapeutic.

6. Road trip!

Jack, get in the car with your children or a buddy and drive off. You don’t always need to know where you’re going because the excitement occasionally comes from the unexpected.

7. Ask a non-school BFF on a date.

Our truly wonderful friends keep us content, rooted, and sane. Get in touch with one of your friends and have lunch or coffee to catch up.

8. Scatter rose petals, blast heavy metal, dance in the streets or write your congresswoman. 

Do something unusual, something that surprises those around you, whether it is small or large.

9. Pretendit’s the 18th Century. (Or even just 1980.) 

We’re all guilty of becoming dependent on our phones and social media. For the afternoon, turn off your devices and concentrate on creating, speaking, singing, moving, or whatever. Your appreciation of the world will change after you cut off your connection to screens.

10. Field trip … in your own town! 

When was the last time you went to the courtroom or the neighborhood train museum? While on break, make it a point to visit at least one intriguing public location.

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