It is essential that head teachers (and ex-heads, too!) regularly take time out to focus on their own mental health and well-being. A lovely sunny spring morning like today seems like an ideal time to do just that. I have written elsewhere about my five ways to wellbeing that I use as an alternative to the ones suggested by the NHS. This is not because I disagree with their choices; it is just that I find them a little too 'aspirational, ' and nothing is more disheartening than setting targets for yourself and falling at the first hurdle (see 'couch to 5k' 2022). So, let's do a bit of an audit, shall we? My first 'way to wellbeing' is the act of being nostalgic. Very briefly, the thinking is that by engaging with nostalgia, we are getting in touch with a more innocent version of ourselves, one that is also further away from death. God, that looks bleak when written down in black and white! In the nostalgia column, two things immediately come to mind; firstl...