Time Is On Your Side

Diana Ljepoja

Diana Ljepoja

In light of this year's 4th grade Exhibition and its central idea of Mindfulness and well-being's impact on learning, I'd like to share an interesting article on time called 'Why Time Slows Down When We’re Afraid, Speeds Up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation.'

The paradox of time has always been a fascination of mine and I often wonder if time is merely a concept and not a reality, as its existence cannot be physically proved. Even Einstein once said, 'Time is an illusion'. 

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When we wish for Fridays, for the week to be over, for spring, for something always on the horizon, aren't we technically wishing our lives away? When we say we don't have the time, why aren't we looking for the thief who stole it? When we say we wish we had more time, what savings plan should we go for? How is time impacting your mindfulness/well being and learning? Do you run your time or do you let time run you?

Consider what a wonderful blessing it is to be part of our children's and students' inner and outer time zones and universes every day. 

Then consider why we as adults consistently insist on traveling alongside them at warp speed Mach 9 or/and most often in a parallel universe.

Someone, somewhere once told me that we don't always need a plan, a schedule, an organizer, a calendar. Sometimes all we need is just to breathe, trust, let it go and see what happens.

 
Diana Ljepoja

Diana Ljepoja

Diana Ljepoja is the IB PYP coordinator at Whitby. She is passionate about international education, inquiry as a stance for teaching and learning, and she always strives to stay innately curious about the world around her. She loves that special spark in children’s eyes when they discover something new and the smiles on their faces when they share their learning with her. Her 20 years in education have taken her all around the world and she is very happy that she’s always had a dynamic, lively and engaging job in all the places she’s lived and worked in. This includes teaching at IB PYP elementary schools in her native Sweden to IB International schools in Thailand, Colombia and for the past 5 years here at Whitby. Diana loves road trips and ‘America’s best idea’ – the national parks!