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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,…

November Recap & Projects

[What I actually read and enjoyed working on this month.] I had some ambitious plans this month… Check out the video to see how it actually went! 😁 For this post, let’s start with confessions I did not share in the Substack Live. Confessions & Falling Short: As I mentioned, working on creating my online…

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…

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 —…

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…

My September Personal Curriculum

A recording from April Edwards’s live video – here is the link for the Substack post with the video. A quick tour of my personal curriculum basket and what I am focusing on this September (and honestly probably most of October). After writing this post about creating a personal curriculum, I felt convicted to create more…