This summer, I did something radical for me: I rested. Fewer obligations, slower mornings, and a little more space to think. Somewhere in that quiet, I read Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow—a story of friendship, creativity, and the belief that no loss is permanent if you just keep playing.
That idea stuck with me.
As educators, every August is our respawn point. A fresh save file. We reset the level, rebuild the world, and invite our students to play again. Some days will be victories, others spectacular defeats, and plenty will be somewhere in between. But if we keep showing up—together—we can win.
In my first newsletter of the year, I’m blending lessons from Zevin’s novel, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken into a hopeful reminder that “tomorrow” is always coming, and the game is worth playing.
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