words headline lead sentence paragraph search make sense of jumbled pieces words to fit the world together google facebook new york times trying to get past paywalls what is happening what will happen millions of answers no answer sleeping searching wake and shut it down. words don’t exist noise recedes the pounding of needing to… Continue reading
Category: fractured
There is always light
Over the past few days, I have read article after article, trying to figure out how we can go back to normal. I read about different possibilities of what might happen and I want to know how this end. But we don't go back to normal--we find a a new normal instead, something that we… Continue reading There is always light
Thoughts
I've always thought I had a problem spending too much time on the computer and that if I could just get better, I would overcome the problem and it would be gone. It was my problem, and I had to come up with a solution. But that's not really how things work: computers and the… Continue reading Thoughts
Rejecting Productivity
I'm not great at this. I love being productive. I love getting so many things done in a day. And it sounds like a really good thing: learn and create and do and earn and work and work and work. I love hard work. But productivity is this whole other thing. It's the rate of… Continue reading Rejecting Productivity
Good Enough
Sometimes we accept the worst solution because we can't have the best. But the better thing is available and right in front of us. You decline $40,000 because you can't have $80,000. Because you can't save $20, you end up spending $30. You might stay up too late, and instead of going to bed, you… Continue reading Good Enough
Schedule or Routine
I recently read a homeschooling book (The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart) that said that you should focus on routines instead of schedule. What's the difference between a routine and a schedule? It's time for some definitions from Google: A routine is "a sequence of actions regularly followed" A schedule is "a plan for carrying… Continue reading Schedule or Routine
Parenting Goals
Mostly positive attention for my kids Listening instead of lecturing Compassion and love Setting a good example Apologizing for my mistakes Guiding and helping more than punishment Always keep a respectful voice Yelling is only for emergencies Setting clear limits and rules Teach children what is right and what is wrong Never, ever help my… Continue reading Parenting Goals
Questions to ask for conversation
Is there anything new happening? What are some challenges you have right now? What sort of music do you like? What hobbies do you enjoy? Have you read any good books lately? Where did you grow up? Watched any good TV shows lately? What projects are you involved in? What do you like to learn… Continue reading Questions to ask for conversation
Technology
(written a few months ago) My five-year-old son had a meltdown today because I suggested he had to play outside before getting on the tablet. So I made a decision that we were going to take the week off of technology. The tablet is set up for educational purposes. The kid wanted to do math.… Continue reading Technology
A collection of thoughts
I think it's dangerous to make simple issues complicated or to make complicated issues simple. We like to do a lot of both, but we should try to remember the complexity as it really is. *** You don't discover who you are as much as choose who you are. I think it's dangerous to think… Continue reading A collection of thoughts