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First-Year Principal
Congratulations! You’re smiling like a Cheshire Cat because you signed your first contract as a school principal. You’re happy. Your family is happy. Your checkbook is happier. The new position is everything you worked hard for. Give yourself a high five! Life as you know it is about to change big time. The intent is not to scare you, but to give an honest view. Here are five life changes for a first-year principal.
Sleep is a Fantasy
The first life change is you will never sleep like a baby again. A full night of sleep is now a fantasy. The job is now in control of your mind. While everyone else is snoring in your house, your eyes are wide open. All of the projects, reports, meetings, emails, and other work-related stuff is on your mind. A list of ideas, plans, and changes run through your mind’s eye. The clock keeps ticking, one o’clock, two o’clock, and three o’clock. Finally, you fall asleep and the alarm goes off at six o’clock in the morning. The first -year principal runs on fumes.
Sleep is evasive for a first-year principal. Photo by Toa Heftiba on Upsplash.