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1 January 2009 3 Comments

What do you imagine your life to be one year from now?

Close your eyes, and think about how your perfect life will be one year from now. What do you see? What are you doing? What are the kids doing? How do you feel? What are your rhythms like? What are you working on?

The first step to knowing what to do today is to know where you want to go. After you have a clear vision of what you want your life to look like a year from now, you can use this reference when you make decisions about your homeschooling life today.

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This is the first in a series of questions for inspiration and insight into what can make this year of homeschooling better than ever. Feel free to answer these questions here, or on your own blog, or in a personal journal. It can also be a fun and useful exercise to talk about these questions with your spouse and kids. Happy homeschooling!

Question #2 - What is success?
Question #3 - What is the role of failure in learning?
Question #4 - What is the role of enthusiasm?
Question #5 - What was your education like?
Question #6 - Assessing our tools.
Question #7 - Are you happy?

3 Comments »

Elizabeth said:

I like to imagine this: My kids will have the perfect balance of classes that inspire them, provide opportunities for quality individual and group friendships, and exercise their minds and bodies–but not so many classes that we feel we’re always rushing off to a class. While they are in class and playing quietly together at home, I get a lot of work done myself. We all feel fulfilled. The rest of the time, we have a nice rhythm where we go to sleep and wake up peacefully (not too early, not too late), keep the house clean and reasonably decluttered (without feeling like all we do is clean), walk the dog often, and see friends regularly to just hang out and be happy. Oh, and we’re all exercising enough to have strong, healthy bodies. And I start writing a book or create a new writing avenue by the end of the year. Ahhh.

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# 1 January 2009 at 10:11 pm

Peggy said:

Wow! I agree with Elizabeth! The only part I would change for me would be instead of writing I would be scrapbooking and doing other creative ventures like painting and decorating bird houses or similar activities. I’d like to think that the family would have a nice rhythm, but the thing about “all would feel fulfilled”, everyone getting just enough sleep, getting out and being happy, etc. is that everyone would have to have the same goals towards that end. And even if we DID have the same goals, each has their own method of getting there…their own expectations. Each has his/her own path in life and that’s what can make life quite hectic…and interesting. We can only control ourselves and be positive role models. This is something I struggle with each day. I try to MAKE my kids behave, to be happy, to do the right thing, all the while grumbling because my kids are not doing what I think they should. In the meantime I am being pulled down the black of of despair and complaining that I don’t have any time to do the things I want to do. It’s a vicious cycle and I know this, but I’m in a mindset that’s hard to break, but break it I must!

# 9 February 2009 at 4:32 am

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