{"id":4371,"date":"2024-08-19T00:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2024-08-19T00:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:37:24","slug":"pre-preparando-la-vuelta-al-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/08\/19\/pre-preparando-la-vuelta-al-cole\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-preparing to get back to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to school? Already? Wow, the summer went by so fast...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK, in Spain there's still some time left, but in Ireland, secondary schools are starting at the end of this week, and primary schools, the following week. After some well deserved summer holidays, in the Northern hemisphere it's time to ground ourselves again and make the necessary preparations for this new school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"4373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/pexels-photo-7411967\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"world map drawn on paper sheet near colorful pencils\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Monstera Production on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/world-map-drawn-on-paper-sheet-near-colorful-pencils-7411967\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?fit=676%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=676%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a paper sheet with the world continents drawn on it in different colours, surrounded by a few coloured pencils\" class=\"wp-image-4373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=676%2C451&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-photo-7411967.jpeg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, this back to school thing is not only for children: we adults are also about to start a new phase, a new school year. It's a good moment to think about beginning new projects, or maybe resuming some that we may have parked during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That's actually what I'm doing right now: taking advantage of this moment to set myself in motion again; I'll tell you more details next week. For now, here are a few quotes I'm finding really helpful to tackle my projects with more energy and excitement (and less perfectionism):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Success hinges less on getting everything right than on how you handle getting things wrong.<\/p><cite>Michelle Russel<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Until you cross the bridge of your insecurities, you can't begin to explore your possibilities.<\/p><cite> <strong>Tim Fargo<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.<\/p><cite><strong> Ivan Turgenev<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How about you? What do you want to achieve this school year? And when are you going to start working on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfVuelta al cole? \u00bfYa? Qu\u00e9 r\u00e1pido se ha pasado el verano&#8230; Bueno, en Espa\u00f1a todav\u00eda queda un poco m\u00e1s, pero en Irlanda los institutos empiezan ya a finales de esta semana, y los coles de primaria, la semana siguiente. Despu\u00e9s de las merecidas vacaciones de verano, en el hemisferio norte nos toca volver a centrarnos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2024\/08\/19\/pre-preparando-la-vuelta-al-cole\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pre-preparing to get back to school<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Pre-preparando la vuelta al cole \/ Pre-preparing to get back to school","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Preparados... 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