Every so often, we’ll give you a peek into Brave Learner Home, our supportive online community. Today’s post features an encouraging message by Dawn Smith (President of Brave Writer) that she recently shared.
There’s a word I used to catch myself mindlessly saying, and I hear it everywhere. Someone asks how life is going, and out comes: “Busy.” It just slips right out. But when my kids were still quite young, I started using a different word, and it changed something for me.
Busy or FULL?
There’s something about the idea of fullness that shifted my perspective.
- A full day of exploring nature with my kids.
- A full pantry and a table filled with good food.
- A house full of experiments, innovation, and learning.
It’s the same mound of laundry growing with each muddy nature walk, the same need to feed endlessly hungry mouths, and the same pile of cardboard, tape, and markers scattered all over the floor, but full days feel like something to cherish, rather than something to endure.
As you lean into this season, I encourage you to look for the fullness in your days. When you reflect on your homeschool year this way, even assessment shifts. Instead of something to get through, it becomes a reflection on everything that filled your days. It’s a chance to see what your family actually did, what your kids learned, and what surprised you.
That’s not a daunting task to endure. That’s a gift to cherish.
