You are your own master. — “Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reasoned choice, which oversees all other things, and is free from any other master.” — Epictetus, Discourses, 2.10.1 Sadly, many of us, through our years of living in our parents’ homes and attending school…

Don’t buy curriculum. Do this instead. — In the homeschooling groups on Facebook, this question or one similar to it comes up regularly, almost daily. Given that most of us received our education in schools, it is easy to understand the focus on curriculum since it is the primary tool for teaching in the school’s toolbox. But…

Getting around without owning a car. — A few months ago, I ended my marriage by moving out of the family home. This was a complete starting over at zero for me in that I had been the parent at home raising our daughter, facilitating and overseeing her homeschooling, and doing all the rest that goes along…

I needed a new project and she asked for a blanket. A year or so ago, I was ready to begin a new, large, crochet project but having already made myself a shawl and blanket, I was feeling uninspired in choosing one. So I asked my daughter and she requested…

We all need one another. — “Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe. For in a sense, all things are mutually woven together and therefore have an affinity for each other — for one thing follows after another according to their tension of movement, their sympathetic stirrings, and the…

My normal isn’t mainstream normal. And that’s ok. — Not long ago, the plumber came to my house to do a repair on the heater (furnace) and check the gas connections on the stove. Normal stuff. No emergency. While he looked at the stove, I asked if there was an igniter for the grill or if would I have…

Rely on yourself first and foremost. “But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.” — Seneca…

September 2022 — The Bullet Journal Method is better for me than any app I’ve tried. One reason is that all of my histories are right at my fingertips. Too often in apps, there is no history. It just disappears. That said, I do use Google Calendar for all of my and my…

Every day of my life, I am the best person I can be given the knowledge and tools I have. — “Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn’t your truth, justice, and self-control shine until you are extinguished?” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.15 Today’s quote says to me to be true to myself today. Every day, I learn new things…