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Minimalist Homeschooling: Simplifying in the New Year

Wednesday, 12 January 2022 by Bryan

If you are feeling overwhelmed in your homeschool, consider minimalist homeschooling. Collecting quality resources for when it is needed can be a blessing in your homeschool. Still, it can also become a curse when the collection begins to grow and is then forgotten like the fruitcake left in the fridge at Christmas time. It

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Hey Mama Monday: Let’s Get Organized, Mama

Monday, 10 January 2022 by Bryan

Hey Mama, I once heard something freeing. It sounded like this: Organization is not an end goal; it is a continual action. It is not something you attain; it is something you continue to pursue. So, for those of you who think you have to “get organized” before you can feel confident about

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Oh, Lord! Who Am I? What Am I Doing?

Friday, 07 January 2022 by Bryan

Who am I? What in the world am I doing? Those incessant, unanswerable questions reverberated through my consciousness like an endless ping-pong game. Every new homeschool day began with a question of conscience and disorientation: What am I supposed to be doing today? My first year of homeschooling, I set out to discover some

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Starting Over

Wednesday, 05 January 2022 by Bryan

Believe it or not, I have the same New Year’s resolution each year: “I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions.” Why? They don’t seem to last. Not only that, I usually can’t think of anything new that I want to start, and I already have enough about my life that I’m trying to change