Category: Homeschool
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Building a Shelter Before the Storm: How Basic Structures Protect You in Survival Mode
Ben and my oldest daughter were standing next to a palm leaf that was almost as big as they were. We spent some time talking about how you could build a shelter out of it if you ever got stuck in the woods- and a brand new family inside joke…
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Ditch the To-Do List: How Time Blocking Reclaims Your Sanity and Sanity-Driven Productivity
How many times have you sat down at your desk, looked at a handwritten list of thirty tasks, and immediately felt a wave of exhaustion hit you before you even started? If you are trying to manage your home, your kids and your small business using a traditional to-do list,…
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Setting Boundaries Before the Busy Season Hits 🦩
We were out working in the garden this week and found a pumpkin that had wound its way through a tomato cage. It was about to be stuck tight. The wire was pressing into the skin, so we had to shift the metal to give it room to actually grow.…
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Graphing Lines, Relearning Math and the Art of the Pivot
Here we are sitting at the corner of my desk on our first official day of school. I never expected to be back in school with a sheet of graph paper resting directly on top of my client work binder. Coordinate planes, slope formulas and hand-drawn lines from an algebra…
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Art Class, Camping and Future CEO Training
When we packed up for Duck Creek, I wanted to bring an activity that got everyone engaged. So… I set up a family Bingo photography challenge!! The rule was simple: we all got the exact same prompts, but every single photo was going into the same printed family book. That…
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Letting Go of the Hustle
A few weeks ago, my view changed entirely. I traded my laptop screen for the pine trees. I climbed into a hammock swing and let the world spin without me for a minute. No scrolling. No answering phone calls. No checking notifications to see what the algorithms wanted from me.…
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The Bold Filter
Not everyone is your client. And honestly? That is exactly how it should be. When you are running a small business. It is easy to fall into the trap of wanting to say “yes” to every single person who knocks on your door. You think you need to be everything…
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My Kids Teach Me, Too
🦩 The Best Teachers I’ve Ever Had The best teachers I’ve ever had are my kids. When we slow down and the schedules loosen, I notice things I would miss otherwise. Their natural rhythms show me who we really are as a family. They wake up happy just to be.…
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Summer Shifts and Hammock Offices
My schedule shifts in the summer. We don’t stop the school routines, the volunteering or the family responsibilities, but I spend a tremendous amount of time outside. Sometimes that means taking the office to the hammocks out back. I get to work later in the evenings which leaves my mornings…
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The Non-Negotiables
There are a lot of things people are willing to sacrifice in the name of growth, money or momentum. I’ve watched it happen and I’ve even brushed up against it myself. But there are lines I won’t cross- not for a bigger platform, more clients or a shinier version of…