We have updated our May learning calendar for 2021: evaluating, planning, and getting outside! Free eBooks, units, and finds.
Great Deal on My PERFECT Planner!
Planner sampling? Every year I try a new planner. Call me a perfectionist. I was looking for the PERFECT planner. Well, I found it!
Why Multitasking Has a Bad Rap and 12 Tips for Using It
Multitasking seems to have picked up a bad rap in the last several years. But like everything else, it is possible to use it for good! When I hear someone say something like (just one example from many to choose from): Stop multi-tasking. Multi-tasking is rarely effective and almost never leads to increased productivity. Whenever […]
Getting Things Done by David Allen ~ Review
Struggling to find an organizing system that works for you? Check out Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Getting Things Done provides an organizing system that attempts to incorporate all of life: Welcome to a gold mine of insights into strategies for how to have more energy, be more relaxed, […]
Finding Balance
Homeschooling requires finding balance. With all of the the focus on being productive, it is not surprising that we find ourselves on the cusp of complete and utter burnout! We have apps, roles and goals, lists, habits, more to do better, and frogs to eat. And our complete focus on pushing through and getting things […]
9 Possible Reasons Why You Are Too Busy
I’m not sure when I first started noticing it — it has been quite a few years. In the “old days” when you asked someone how they were doing, you typically received a smile, a warm thought, maybe the latest on family or friends or a shared interest. These days, if you ask someone how […]
20 Tips for Staying Organized
Today we are constantly hit with streaming, flashing, fast-paced content that tends to leave us distracted and anything but organized. Here are 20 tips for staying organized — but this is not your ordinary let’s-get-organized list…. Obviously, discipline is one key to staying organized. When it comes to getting organized, this is the area that […]
Summer School for Mom: Creating a Schedule
Six tips for creating a workable schedule!
10 Ways to Stay Well-Rounded
Homeschooling can consume us — if we let it. It can become not only what we do, but who we are, the sum total of our existence. Here are 10 ways to stay well-rounded and avoid becoming one-dimensional! 1. Spend time with God. As a Christian, this is where my day starts. My faith […]
8 Reasons to Schedule in Blocks
Less chaos? Get more done? Avoid nagging? 8 reasons to schedule in blocks.
6 Tips for Avoiding Burnout
From expectations to practical solutions, here are 6 tips for avoiding burnout!
4 Ways to Provide Time for Productive Interests
4 ways to create time in the day for your student to pursue productive interests.
