What’s in my personal curriculum basket this month & a few things I learned in September. After writing about creating a personal curriculum, I realized I needed more structure in my own planning this fall. I’ve done this type of learning practice off and on for years. Sometimes with careful planning and at other times…
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My September Personal Curriculum
A recording from April Edwards’s live video – here is the link for the Substack post with the video. A quick tour of my personal curriculum basket and what I am focusing on this September (and honestly probably most of October). After writing this post about creating a personal curriculum, I felt convicted to create more…
my notebook secrets revealed
a quick peek into all the notebooks I currently use & inspiration to start your own imperfect stack of notebooks To see the video from this post go here. At the risk of you all thinking I am a bit frivolous, I decided to do a notebook stack tour. This is a quick peek into…
Theme Learning for Your Personal Curriculum
Learning comes alive when your reading, watching, and doing connect around one idea. It turns scattered input into a meaningful journey. [ + free PDF ] The first time I intentionally added themed learning to my own personal pursuits was when we were studying Medieval European History. I was reading aloud from our text and…
How to Design Your Own Personal Curriculum
Borrow the best parts of academia and make them work for your personal growth. [ Detailed How-To + free PDF ] It was a summer evening after the kids had gone to bed. When our college students are home, my husband and I have a routine of lounging on the couches with books or scrolling…
How I Became an Angry Mom & the Antidote I Found
Lifelong learning in the margins & how small curiosities brought me back to life. There is an unparalleled exhaustion to understanding and then meeting the needs of babies and small children. They are compelled to demand what they need at all times of the day and night. This is a tremendous strain and physically draining,…
11 Practical Examples of How I Eliminate Decision Fatigue
Unique strategies I use in my home every day to stop overthinking and why making fewer decisions actually gives me more freedom! Our days are filled with countless small choices (what to wear, what to eat, when to tackle a task) each one chipping away at our mental energy. When decision fatigue sets in, even…
Defining Mental Health – a resource
A resource that offers a grounded, thoughtful look at how we can better understand and care for our inner lives. . I have another awesome resource to share with you today. 😁 I first encountered Ruth in a writing class. We were put into small break-out zoom rooms and told to answer a few questions…
How to Be Kind to my Future Self
Thoughtful planning and simple habits can support your future self with grace. No shame. No pressure. Just steady rhythms for real, human days. I used to push myself to operate at full speed all the time. Like I was a machine: measured by how much I could produce, how efficiently I could move through the…
3 Helpful Steps for Planning Summer Break [+free PDF printables]
If I am NOT the one deciding what my summer looks like then it gets decided FOR me. I get peace and clarity along with my planning. By the time April & May show up on the calendar I am ready to start my summer planning. As a kid, summer vacation was full of so…