![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t mean to be overly simplistic, but bad memories are like weeds in a garden. Refusing to dwell on past painful situations-to the point of forgetting about them-has become so habitual for me that I call this behavior “ delusional optimism.” But I had spent the last years working so hard at concentrating on the positive that my negative experience with my former employee had dropped out of my mind. When reminded, I did remember those events. I don’t have amnesia, and I’m not getting senile. She refused to do her job, and you had to fire her.” “Well, you and she didn’t exactly part company under the best of terms. In my mind, I had nothing but warm feelings for this woman. “What’s up with her?” I later asked one of my team members. To my surprise, her response was chilly and stiff. I was happy to see her, and I greeted her with wholehearted warmth and friendliness. Recently, I ran into a woman who worked for me more than a decade ago. You’ve got this Dad.Successful people believe they can do amazing things Let this year be a year that you embrace these expectations and be encouraged. It’s a difficult and glorious journey, one that’s worth every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears. We will struggle, we will persevere, and we will emerge at the end of the year a little changed, for the better. ![]() I will need to apologize for my own words or attitude. I will need to apologize to one or more of my children at some point, possibly many points, this year. The kids will learn to contribute more and we’ll be forced into better habits. At times the house will feel overwhelmingly messy and disorganized. Remember that every parent experiences this, not just homeschool ones. I will probably feel like a failure and cry myself to sleep at some point. Guaranteed: We will need to make adjustments mid-year. It’ll give us a chance to evaluate something together and reason through a decision as a team. We will probably choose to skip a book that was on the “must read” list somewhere along the way because it just bores us all to tears.Įven if it’s a book that everyone else loves or something the experts say they “just have to read.”Įven if we spent money on said book. We’ll skip the lesson or catch up later, and we’ll learn valuable life-lessons we didn’t even know we needed. We’ll cancel a few lessons or miss a practice or two. We will likely have at least one unexpected life event that will require a break from school. So perhaps you already know all this, but just in case you also need a reminder, here are 8 helpful expectations for a successful school year:ġ. Instead of expecting endless ideal days, I expect real days that bring about the growth and maturity my children and I need most.īut I still have to remind myself, especially as we start a new school year. Or, from his perspective, optimistic in a way that doesn’t line up with reality.Īnd while I still believe that a healthy optimism is critically necessary to life (hello, hope!), that optimism has shifted significantly over the last dozen years of homeschooling. Not just optimistic, ridiculously optimistic. My husband used to call me a delusional optimist. 8 helpful expectations for a successful school year~
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