Maintaining Focus (or... Reality Check!)

You started off well... full speed ahead, organized, on track, then sudden derailment. First came the flu making its ugly way through the ranks . . . followed by assorted aches, sniffles and coughs. Surviving those, you dove back into homeschool projects with a vengeance for two weeks and then found routines being upset once more by the busyness of the holiday season or surprise visits from long lost relatives. January 1st came bringing hope and the resolve to get back on track and stay there ... but when you looked over the sad, empty pages in your planner and stacks of lesson plans engineered last summer, guilt and helplessness overwhelmed. “What’s the use,” you think. You’ll never catch up.

You’re right. What freedom! The beauty is you don’t have to catch up. What and who are you trying to catch anyway? Homeschooling means moving at your pace - the speed of your life - and turning your attention to your life-priorities. For practical purposes, this includes the things that really interest your children AND you and focusing on a few areas that need work.