What do you imagine when you think about your childhood? I see a lot of the outdoors. Living in Maine, being outside was second nature. As a child I was told to play outside or read if I was bored, activities on the weekend were playing in the woods and enjoying nature, not running around to as many activities as we could possibly fit in. I am one of the first of the … [Read more...] about The Skill of Slow Living – How to Make it Work
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Grace for Personal Goal Setting in the New Year
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! This month I have talked about all the ways that I am trying to set myself up for successful goal setting in the New Year. I have my word of the year, I have figured out what my long range goals are and I finally was … [Read more...] about Grace for Personal Goal Setting in the New Year
Homeschooling in the New Year – What Needs to Change
If there is one thing I learned on our long homeschool break over the holidays, it is that we needed a long homeschool break over the holidays. I really love year round homeschooling, but this fall was particularly difficult, and I knew that there would need to be changes come January. This past fall we had a great time. My husband ended up taking several long weekends during … [Read more...] about Homeschooling in the New Year – What Needs to Change
How to Create White Space in your Day and Why that is Important
Creating white space in my days is one of my biggest goals this year. But what is white space? White space is that margin in your day, your breathing room. I know that probably sounds funny, why would you want to create white space in your day, but I realized during my year of action last year that I need that white space in order to be present in my life. I can’t continue to … [Read more...] about How to Create White Space in your Day and Why that is Important
Using One Word to Facilitate Goal Setting in the New Year
I have talked about choosing one word for the year, and also about how I am more of a long range goal planner, but how do we combine the two? Today I plan to show you how I am using my one word – margin – in order to guide and facilitate my goals for the New Year. There seem to be two camps when it comes to goals and planning for the New Year. One is choosing a guiding word for the … [Read more...] about Using One Word to Facilitate Goal Setting in the New Year
Long Range Goals and How to Plan for the New Year
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission, thank you for supporting Townsend House. I really love to make goals. I like the possibility, I like knowing that I can grow, I like the change. Goals help me achieve those things. Setting goals is something that I do every January. I … [Read more...] about Long Range Goals and How to Plan for the New Year