What I read and some results of my planning. ❄️🎄🎀 This month was very full but not overwhelming (thankfully!). In my home, there was so much joy and togetherness, but not as many structured and scheduled events which we all definitely needed. I really enjoyed spending more time in analog tasks and tangible projects like…
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Choosing a Quieter December
How I will be honoring analog habits, and the slower side of learning through crafts, books, and home rhythms. It’s the cozy reset my brain needs. . While working on my Personal Curriculum online course, there was an afternoon when I was also thinking ahead into the next few months. In Lesson 2 we discuss…
My December Personal Curriculum Plans
December can often be full of a mixture of opposites. We are often faced with a paradox of emotions or situations within each day. We can be filled with grief over loss, but then awed by the magic in the season kept alive by those still here with us. Some days can feel heavy, overwhelming,…
Build a Personal Curriculum That Works
What I’ve Been Smiling About for 2 Months 😁 5 Lessons to Transform Your Learning Journey . What if these chapter notes and ideas that keep coming to me are not in the shape of a book? That was the question pulling at me. I sat at a small table outside a local coffee shop…
How I Stopped Feeling Guilty for Reading
Why getting a lamp and taking my shoes off helps me read. Reading is an act of quiet resistance against hustle culture. . I have childhood memories of running home from elementary school excited to read my new library book until my parents got home from work. (Yes, I was an 80’s latchkey kid.😜) I…
My November Personal Curriculum Plans
fall planning, what’s in my basket, and some fiction I’m excited about These posts have quickly become my favorite to think about and write! Having specific intentions set for my reading life each month has helped me stay more focused and engaged in my personal learning. Also the gentle accountability of sharing my list here…
My October Recap & Book-ish Things
a little Show-N-Tell with my personal curriculum and my rewards basket Replay Notes: Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! I hope my little Show-N-Tell and basket contents reveal helps spark new ideas for you! This month’s personal curriculum was so much fun to work through! from my personal curriculum basket —…
Book-ish Rewards & How I’m Celebrating Progress
Fun things that take me deeper into my habits of reading and personal growth. Over the years I have found that pausing to celebrate milestones and books completed in my personal curriculum has kept me going. It is the little things that encourage me to move forward into the habits that keep me learning and…
My October Personal Curriculum Plans
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…
Personal Curriculum: Creative and Unexpected Ways to Enjoy Nature Study
Letting curiosity guide your outdoor & nature adventures It was the sound that inspires fast action from everyone. The dog was gonna barf… It was mid-afternoon and I was driving on the highway coming back from a weekend away. My 4 kids were piled in the van with our luggage, food, and our aging dachshund…