To the educators who are learning that rest is not a weakness— that protecting your peace is a radical act— may you never apologize for choosing yourself. This system was not built to sustain us. So we build new ways of being. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #TeacherWellness

Sharing more of my writing #edusky substack.com/@thejdoctrin...

Black Pessimism & the Price of Progress: Notes on Sustainability, Spirituality, and Self-Preservation

In this season of my professional life, where I am actively choosing sustainability over survival, I’ve noticed something that cuts deeper than the external pressures of systemic racism.

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I’ve been doing some deep reflection and bold truth-telling on my Substack—and I’d love for you to join the conversation. My latest piece is live now:

This Is What Occupational Exploitation Looks Like: On Rejecting the Normalization of Educator Burnout and Bodily Sacrifice

By The J Doctrine

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Looking forward to this experience!

Big move by LCBO things are shifting

This government and their priorities are so misguided

TikTok is now dark. Here is the message users now receive when they open the app:

I can’t believe TikTok is gone

Can’t believe the first week of the new year is almost coming to an end..

Looking for Policy/ Education leadership roles in DC or remote! Please DM if you have any insights.

Snow days are the coziest

I have no regrets ahead of my 32nd. Nothing I’d change. Nothing I’d do differently. Nothing that keeps me up at night. Only continued hopes for the future. And a deep enduring love for myself and for the God that didn’t forget me.

Allow no one to speak negativity into your airspace, curses upon your children, household, or life. You can speak failure into existence. You can speak poverty and illness into existence. And you can think pain into existence. Never complete a negative thought. Eradicate the thought at the root.

NY is a very unserious place

#freelilweegy he had a pre-existing condition, he is allergic to the bullshit.

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Happy Sunday! ☀️❄️💜

I’ve been craving and eating beef patties so much lately

Let this sink in: there’s not a single state, city, or county in America where someone with a disability who receives SSI can afford a one-bedroom apartment. SSI payments are capped at $943 a month nationwide. The average monthly rent is $1,399—or an astounding *148%* of an SSI recipient’s income.

Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 2y ago

About 7.4 mil Americans benefit from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), but 50% of SSI recipients live below the poverty line. A stark reminder that the failure to keep pace with the cost of living is a policy choice. @socio-steve.bsky.social rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/50-year...

Fully basking in my Sagittarius essence during this Sagittarius season ♐️💜♐️💜♐️💜

Looking for more participants to volunteer in a research study! 📚🤗

Happy top of the morning!

The Monday after the holiday is always a rough start 🫣

There's a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly -- and Oxford University Press has chosen it as its 2024 word of the year. cnn.it/3OB7nwu

let me say this, vulnerability is honesty. you allow yourself to be honest to YOURSELF and the external will see fit. to be vulnerable is to be in full control of your truth.

This thanksgiving eve feels different, I think it’s the overwhelming impact of capitalism that has ME feeling a bit more now than previously

I've been watching more independent films. Digesting media that isn’t influenced by the propaganda mechanisms of capitalism >>>

Slow Sundays >>>