Living Joyfully
Let's talk about relationships - how to improve them, how to enjoy them, and how to truly connect with the people in our lives.
A few months ago in the post "Who Am I and What Makes Me Tick?", I talked about some of the reasons behind my choice to extend our unschooling beyond academics. There I looked at the "why"; now let's …
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This month I'm going to delve into some of the lifestyle questions that come up pretty regularly as people learn about unschooling. They are also the ideas that can trip up those newer to unschooling …
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Last week I talked about finding joy, that deeper sense of self that no longer seems quite so susceptible to the whims of life and luck. Yet, as I mentioned, it's not that life no longer has …
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First, what do I mean by the word joy? Certainly it means happiness, pleasure. Most people can find happiness in response to good things that happen to them or around them. Yet when disappointing …
I love the variety of words that express the concept of being mindful: observant, aware, attentive, conscientious, careful, cognizant, considerate, present, respectful, thoughtful, sensible. Living …
It's pretty typical to move through adulthood staying generally disengaged from life: you do this and that and the other thing, like get a job, get married, have kids, send them to school. It's quite …
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