Pick one thing
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You can’t do ten things, and your homeschool won’t transform itself over night.
What you want and what creates momentum is a series of deliberate, prepared choices that lead to a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. You get there one thing at a time.
Pick the subject, practice, habit, or attitude you wish were more present in your home and “do it” or “have it” or “develop it.”
Identify the One Thing that is top of mind—that keeps coming back to you as the one thing you wish you were living.
Then follow the One Thing principles:
1. Prepare (ahead of time). Plan a date, purchase, make copies, organize, think about, read literature related to your one thing choice. Gather materials.
2. Execute (day of). Follow through with enough time to invest deeply without distraction. Turn off your phone, shut down your computer, don’t answer the door. Be fully present.
3. Enjoy (kids and you). Let yourself forget everything else but that experience/lesson. Be here now. Don’t do other things simultaneously, don’t think ahead to what you will do next. Engage.
4. Reminisce (later that day or the next or next week). Talk about what was fun, remember humor, honor connections, recollect what went well. Talk about when you might do it again.
I gave a podcast about this topic a few months ago. Check it out.
