Over the weekend, I 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…
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…
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…
On Thursday, I woke up with dread. But I didn’t feel anxious. I felt down. I didn’t really want to get out of bed. So I did all my first-step things for when I have a rocky morning. I got up and made tea. I started my diffuser with some oils for encouragement – peppermint and…