I used to be the teacher who came in early, stayed late, and poured my whole heart into every lesson. But somewhere along the way, I started running on empty. What once felt like a calling started to feel like a chore. I didn’t want to leave teaching—but I didn’t want to live burned out, either.

That’s when I took a good, hard look at the direction I was going. I loved everything about education, but the pace that was working at was working against me. I knew if I kept that up, then there would be nothing left of me.

Are you feeling how I was…