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Dear Homeschool Mama, Once upon a time, you likely told yourself you have one of the best jobs in the world.
You took on this job, and no one expected you to.
It’s a challenge to build your needs, your wants, and your personality into your homeschool world, but it can be done, and it will be done as you continue moving forward, instilling habits, and practices that take care of you too.
Here is a love letter to you, encouraging words for homeschool mom…
You get to watch your kids grow up right before your eyes.
You get to watch them learn chess moves at three and win chess games with their dad at eight.
And you get to see their vivacious, animated personality create a successful YouTube channel.
You get to watch their fascination with dolphins turn into online biology classes.
And you get to observe their people-watching passions turn into a social sciences degree. You get to watch their history reading preoccupation history reading turn into a Greek and Latin History minor.
Turns out, you get to see them develop their interests as they grow into adulthood.
It’s not just your kids that get to develop their interests: you get to develop your interests too.
If you’re interested in Greek mythology, you can buy a book, read the book with your kids, take courses online, build Greek columns from sugar cubes, wrap yourself in white sheets, make a crown of grape leaves, and have your kids feed you grapes, olives, and wine on the living room floor, and call that Social Studies.
You get to dabble in your interests, just like you encourage your kids to dabble in theirs.
There’s even an opportunity for you to start home businesses, start Etsy shops, create a work-life around your homeschool, or a homeschool around your work life.
You get to do the homeschool hygge.
Isn’t it funny how outsiders think we’re tethered to all things uncomfortable; meanwhile, our homeschools slowly, but steadily move toward all things hygge?
- Do they not know we can choose to let the kids sleep in if they want?
- And do they know we don’t feel pressured toward cultural trends, nor do we even know about them a lot of the time?
- Do they not know we get to move at the flow of our family and we influence the flow of our family to fit our needs too?
- We get chocolate chip cookies with math workbooks, family room fires with afternoon reading, tea and essential oils throughout school days, and candlelight, just because.
Mama, has anyone told you that you have one of the best jobs in the world?
Homeschooling can be a challenge to maintaining mama’s self-care, but the homeschool lifestyle can also be a charmed life that encourages mama’s self-care.
It’s a challenge to build your needs, your wants, and your personality into your homeschool world, but it can be done, and it will be done as you continue moving forward, instilling habits, and practices that take care of you too.
So, let’s keep working towards turning our challenges into our charms.
I wish you and your family health and happiness as you learn to thrive, not just survive.
xx
Big Emotions Journal for the Homeschool Mom
Introducing the Homeschool Mama’s Toolbox, a set of resources designed to help homeschooling mothers deal with big emotions and specifically address their thoughts. Your brain and thoughts are important tools that need to be regularly sharpened, and the Toolbox is here to help you do just that.
Incorporating mindfulness practices into your homeschool is one of the most effective ways to separate yourself from your thoughts and be present. The Toolbox includes three questions from Dr. Amen, author of Change your Brain, Change your Life: What am I feeling? What is the thought behind my feeling? What is the story behind my thought? These are questions that you can practice regularly to get the most out of them.
The Toolbox also encourages a daily meditation practice to help you distance yourself from your thoughts and just be present. Guided meditations such as Guided Meditation on Controlling Negative Thoughts and Guided Meditation for Inner Peace & Calm can help you get started.
Additionally, the Toolbox offers a Thought Care Checklist to help you deal with challenging situations that may arise in your homeschool. By considering alternative perspectives, you can reframe your thoughts and deal with the situation in a more positive and constructive way.
With the Homeschool Mama’s Toolbox, you can learn to influence your thoughts and create a better reality for yourself and your family. Download the Toolbox today and start sharpening your tools!
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Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
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