Day 47- Kick the Can't

As a teacher, I hate that word- "CAN'T." So one year when I had a workshop where I set up a worm bin in my classroom I had a brilliant idea. I promptly taught the kids that the worms would eat our paper. Then, I told them to write a list of everything that they think they can't do. They wrote everything from "I can't run the mile" to "I can't get 100% on my spelling test." Then, to their surprise I had them tear their "I can't" into little strips and we feed them to the red worms! So they no longer existed in our classroom. Next, we made mini paper headstones with epitaphs of their dead "I can'ts" With something like this- Here lies Mer's "I CAN'Ts" may they always be pushing up daisies and will never hold me back from learning or doing anything. 

Here are some phrases from 100 days of Weight Loss (Spangle) that helps makes what seems impossible possible-

• I'll find a way...
• This is hard, but not impossible to...
•  Maybe I could...
• I wonder if I......

This is great way to get yourself unstuck when you are stuck and feeling negative. It is more important to focus on the action and progress that you have made. 
 
One of my favorite quotes that I keep in my magic notebook that helps me eliminate that "can't" attitude is this- 
 
Around here we don't look back for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things...and curiosity keeps us leading down new paths"- Walt Disney 

SO KEEP MOVING FORWARD!
DON'T LOOK BACK FOR VERY LONG!
YOU CAN DO IT!
JUST NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

Always,
Mer