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Being an Essentialist is not about vowing to say no more – it is about regularly asking yourself “Am I investing in the right activities”? As teachers, we have so much choice about how to run our lessons or what resources to use – but if we spend an hour preparing jazzy resources for a 45 minute lesson (we have all done this!) instead of marking those assessments, is that really better for our students and ourselves? Does the output justify the input?

Article written by Rathú’s Ciara McGuane and featured on TES Institute blog. You can do anything but you can’t do everything!” These wise words are written by Greg McKeown, the author of ‘Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’. I read this book a few months ago after multiple suggestions from my Essentialist husband. This book opened my eyes to the consequences of the habitual choices we make every day. The choices we make without really