Work-at-home Mom and Living: is it possible?
This is supposed to be my year of ACTION. A new year in which I accomplish my goals. I just have not been able to set them yet.
I am having such a hard time figuring out what to do with this blog. I named it “Mom on the Rise” because of the Maya Angelou poem “Still I Rise.” My mom thought that having a child (even after married and in my late 20s) was the end of my life. But I always felt that it was the beginning of a new one. I am a Mom, and still I rise. I completed my Master’s Degree and started a business.
But then I got tired.
I thought about letting it go and then about writing in more of a focused niche. And yet, neither has has sat well with me. I love this blog. The design. Some of the posts that I have written in the past. I’m not sure what the heck is keeping me from writing. Maybe it’s because I have WAY too many blogs. Or maybe it’s the web designing, consulting and running We of Hue….
Obviously, I tend to spread myself too thin. I have a problem saying “no” to people and focusing on what I want to do. In some ways, I think that I prevent myself from focusing because I don’t want to commit 100% and then fail. Or maybe it’s because I keep trying to live out the definition of “mom blogger” as set by others. Truthfully, I have been making decisions based on what I SHOULD be doing (as dictated by others) as opposed to what I want to do for a long time. It’s the result of coming from a very overbearing mom who really did not… Continue reading
Should You Homeschool?
Homeschooling by its very nature is a practice in patience and ingenuity. It forces even the most confident person to admit that he/she needs help. The fact is that you don’t know it all. It’s been so long since you’ve been in school that the simple things like phonics, addition, and coloring in the lines, cutting with scissors, and even the alphabet may seem a bit foreign. It is sometimes really hard to remember exactly what it takes to learn a concept- especially when those concepts seem so easy to you.
Homeschooling requires that you look at things at the most basic level, that you dissect a skill until it is impossible to dissect it anymore. This is not an easy task; for many it is virtually impossible to see things on such a simplistic level. Even more so, it is harder to wrap one’s mind around why a child may have difficulty understanding something so simple. In our house, those times are often the ones that make me rethink this homeschooling thing. However our reasons for wanting to homeschool are very specific. We know that homeschooling offers our daughter the best opportunity to future success. Not only will she received individualized and personalized attention and lesson plans see is not subjected to the distractions overcrowded classroom and stressed-out teachers. For us that’s worth it.
So, should you decide to homeschool?
Deciding to homeschool is not an easy decision to make. It requires that you be realistic about your skill set, the level of commitment you are willing to invest, the amount of time that you can actually invest, and about what you wish to accomplish if you do choose to homeschool. Each of these aspects of the decision-making process is extremely important and requires that you spend… Continue reading
Why Do We Homeschool?
Not that I honestly feel like I need to explain why we decided to homeschool, but for my own sanity, I will and then I can direct all those who ask here.
Education is good! Let me say that again; education is good! The problem is that most schools have turned education into a harsh punishment inflicted on children because parents have to work. Schools are now daycare centers and the teachers are awkward teenagers struggling to keep their charges occupied and off the streets. Children are herded into these stuffy, stale, institutions through metal-detectors and bag checks. They wander into class after class for what seems like endless hours of scripted lessons that have no basis in real life because for the children, real life starts and ends in these lifeless buildings. They don’t get to travel and explore the world. They are isolated and devoid of any understanding of how we are all connected and dependent on each other.
Don’t get me wrong – some of the teachers are amazing! They are dedicated and genuinely in it to better the world. Unfortunately, they are overworked, underpaid, and ritually disrespected!
The real question is “why wouldn’t we homeschool?”
A Quiet Return
As my new blog states, I am a bit fickle! I go from hot to cold with things and sometimes, if the thing is something I have previously held a passion for, I find myself missing it and wanting to come back. Hey, I admit it and I don’t really think I should have to explain.
I have decided to come back to Mom on the Rise because there are things about being a Mom and Homeschooling that I wish to talk about without cluttering my new home. I have decided to begin writing here again. I don’t promise that exhaustion and stress won’t keep me away or compel me to run away again, but for now, I will be returning.
So what have I been up to? I’ve been living. I have been focusing on building my business, creating my passion, loving my family and remembering that life has so much more to offer than the computer. I’ve been happy and I plan to live in a much better place than I have in the past.
And I’m ready to start writing here again.