It’s not Perfection, it’s Indiana Jones
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It’s not Perfection, it’s Indiana Jones

Over the weekend, IĀ made a big announcement: I’ve decided to close my shop here at karasanderson.com. I know the whole shop closing probably forever thing may have been a little unexpected. And beyond closing my shop, I’m making some other big changes as well. I’m going to put my blog and social media on hiatus…

Stop trying to do it all in your homeschool
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Stop trying to do it all in your homeschool

Well first, let me apologize for the bossy title. I’m not normally so forceful, it’s just that I happen to have encountered a lot of moms lately who are dealing with burn-out. Like, drag-me-up-off-the-floor-to-make-a-quesadilla level of burn-out and exhaustion. I think a lot of things can cause us to burn out, and right now, I…

How I know that you’re enough, homeschool mom
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How I know that you’re enough, homeschool mom

I can still remember the day that I quit homeschooling. I was on our cordless phone (this is an old story), pacing in my dining room. I was talking to the woman at the nice Montessori-esque school, and she was walking me through how to enroll my son to start in January. And I’m going…