Once you decide to homeschool and start down that pathway, you may find that you are living a more independent life than you ever imagined. When our daughter was in public school, we were controlled by the school calendar. My husband and I were controlled by our work schedules. Our family had little choice but to fit our lives around these other things.
When we began homeschooling, several of those factors were taken away. I was no longer working outside the home in order to educate and raise our girls, so the only schedule we had to worry about was my husband's. That made life much easier, let me tell you. I mean, we had less money...but much more freedom. We set our school calendar (which was flexible even after that), and our own schedule, and fit my husband's work schedule into our life easily.
We found that we enjoyed that freedom and this new homeschool lifestyle. We could take the day off of school whenever their Dad had a day off. We could go on trips in the off-season. Our start and end times of school could be altered depending on what we had to do that day. Family came first. School did not run the show.
So we started wondering what else we could take more control over. Our health? (enter: learning more about home remedies), our food? (enter: growing a garden), our home repairs? (hey! Can we make this an elective?) It starts a landslide, I'm telling you.
Then a few months ago when my husband lost his job of nearly 24 years, we dove into the world of owning our own business. Guess what? This lifestyle suits us very well. After all these years of having some freedom and autonomy over our family, hearing about a friend getting in trouble at work because they needed to visit the doctor is just too much for us. We may not make as much money as we used to, and it is hard work, but let me tell you--freedom is worth so much more than money.
If you are already homeschooling, please remember that school is important, but family is the main thing. Don't forget the HOME in homeschooling. If you are not homeschooling yet (but want to be), start making the decision that family and home are more important. Do those things you still must, but shift the focus to the things that really matter. Make small changes. See what parts of your life you can begin to DIY. It can change your family.
It is so worth it.
Brenda
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