I heard something kind of life-changing this week: If you’re exhausted and overwhelmed, step back and cut out everything that isn’t a necessity. ~ Crystal Paine I wasn’t looking for this piece of advice. I found it in the course of doing my job. And to be clear, this advice goes directly against everything that I’ve believed in…
This past week, despite all Instagram indications to the contrary, was a very hard anxious week for me. It should have been calm and lovely. But that’s the thing about anxiety. “Despite all indications to the contrary,” should be its slogan. Because anxiety is tricky. It’s different than it’s partner-in-crime worry, because worry is reasonable. But anxiety pops…
I feel like I should tell you about my table. It came to me like this: I made a space for it. It was last Monday actually, and I was feeling very “life-is-so-out-of-our-control.” {I’ve been working on that lately — rolling with it.} I will let things be out of control, I say to…
Homeschooling has broken me, I think. I didn’t realize it until last week. That it has broken my brain. That it’s broken the way I think about everything. But I’ve never been more sure that I’m a homeschooler raising homeschoolers, and I’ve never felt stronger in my convictions. Like with so many things, I have…