Look at your bigger picture

When life gets busy and homeschool takes a temporary turn on the back burner I beat myself up over it so badly that once things slow down and its on the front burner I’ve lost my grasp on our bigger picture. All I can think about is how much we “missed” and how much we need to “catch up on”.

But when I stop and think about our reasons for homeschooling and I re-envision the bigger picture of the life we are trying to create I realize nothing is missed or wasted. Thats the whole point of our homeschools name “living is learning”.

Okay so we didn’t do much book work the last week (or two) but we did a lot of hands on learning and life skills and reading. Not to mention when your with your kids a lot the conversations you have can be way more important than any workbook.

Bookwork is necessary in my opinion. We have a certain amount of math and grammar lessons that we will get done period. But it isn’t the entire focus.
So in those moments when I’m feeling stressed and I’m trying to force a weeks worth of math and grammar all in on the one or two days we have to be home all day I stop and re-invision our bigger picture. Once I do that things run much more smoothly.

So take a minute and sit and envision your big picture, your reasons why and your life you want to create for yourself and your family. This applies to any lifestyle not just homeschoolers by any means. Each persona and family is unique and not everything works for every person. I’m a huge believer in finding your own path and passions and following that no matter what others are doing or saying. Love the quote “The sky would be awfully dark with only one star”.