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This 4 minute video for students features Glacier Middle School Teacher Bailey Plumb sharing about control and acceptance. With so many unknowns, it is hard to feel like you don’t have control in our life. When you are stressed, stop and think, “Do I have control over this?” If we don’t have control, it is better for our mental well being to try to accept and try not worry about it. Acceptance means accepting things for what they are, even when we don’t like it. Shift from “Why me?” to “It is what it is.” Challenge: Try to shift your focus this week on what you can control - how you spend your time, the effort you put into things, what media you look at, and asking for help.

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Hi everyone. My name is Miss Plumb and I teach 7th grade Health at Glacier Middle School. So what I'm going to be sharing with you today is on control and acceptance. Especially right now with so many unknowns it's really hard to feel like you don't have control over what's happening. Whether this is what's happening in the world, in our state, in Buckley, at our schools, even though we're doing virtual learning. Or even just at home, not feeling like you have control over that. This is something that I've been personally trying to focus on myself too. Like I said, it's especially hard right now because there's so many unknowns. We don't know what the governor's going to say next week, or a month from now. What is going to look like further into the summer. What is going to look like when I come back from school. There's a lot of different things that are running through our minds. But it's important to stop and think. Do I have control over this? If not, it's still something that is often brought up and sticks in our minds, but it's better for our mental well-being as individuals to have acceptance of not having control over it and just kind of trying to wash it away I don't have control over if COVID's going to make me have to cancel my wedding in August I don't have control over that, so I'm going to just not worry about it right now, and when the time comes I'll make that decision. But there's nothing I can do about it because so many unknowns right now. Acceptance means recognizing things that you cannot change and seeing reality for what it is, even if you don't like it. Maybe you don't like this virtual learning. I'm sorry, I don't necessarily like it either, but it is what it is so it's not something that we want to look at as a, "Why me? Why do we have to be going through this right now?" And you kind of have to change that...shift that frame of mind to - it is what it is. You don't have control over it, I don't have control over it, I wish I did, but it's not something I want to stress and worry about. I want to maybe spend that time thinking about the things that I can control. Some of those things that you can control, and things that you should be focusing on during this time is how are you going to spend your time throughout the day. Are you going to manage it well? Are you going to get your stuff done? Are you going to sit on your x-box instead? Are you going to sit on social media instead? Were you actually going to spend your time doing what is going to be productive?  Next, think about the effort that you're putting into things. I know that a lot of this time is probably really difficult for completing tasks without having the support of your teacher right there. Side note, send them an email, setup the zoom, they will totally help you, 100%! But it's really hard to want to be motivated. But that's something you can control. It may be really hard, you may not want to do it, but you can control it. Next is what media you look at. If you're constantly looking on Instagram, or Twitter, Tik Tok, and its all this stuff that is starting to stress you out, because it's talking about things going on in the world. Maybe it's something you shouldn't spend a lot of time on. Then also you can control asking for help. Ask your teacher, talk to your counselors, reach out to a friend, reach out to your parents, or a family friend, another family member You can ask your teachers about instructional stuff, like questions you have on an assignment, or you can reach out to a counselor about you struggling with your mental health, you can just talk to your parents about how you're struggling or another family or friend. There's so many people that are in your corner, and it's super important to make sure that you know that you have them as support systems during this time. And that is something you can control. Don't leave it in here, don't leave it to yourself. Talk about it. So, that's a little bit on control and acceptance. I hope that was helpful for you guys. I really enjoyed doing this and just know that this is not time that is easy for anybody. It's not easy for teachers, for students, anybody around, but know that there are so many people in your corner that are here to support you. Even if it doesn't feel like it, I promise we're all here. Have a good one

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