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I read once that if you linger on a positive thought/experience for at least 12 seconds, you will increase the likelihood of moving it into long-term memory. Not true for positive thoughts and feelings. This is bad for us as our brain is now vigilantly looking for negativity while almost simultaneously moving these thoughts/feelings into long-term memory. If any danger is noted, we have this negativity bias that keeps us looking for negative stuff. To do this, our brain constantly scans for any signs of danger. However, it seems we are primarily programed to survive. Smile while recalling each funny story from summer break. Linger on the smiles and loving comments I have heard from all our staff the last few days. Your joy and excitement to start the new year is palpable. As much as we might fuss and complain (sometimes) at the end of the year, we sure seem to face each new year hardly able to contain our excitement and joy at seeing our students again. The feel, tone, and over-all vibe from the last few days of PD with our staff has been focused with a sense of kind, supporting, eagerness to get our hands on our little ones.
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It is with great excitement that we begin this new year together.