Let Winter Be Winter: Resist Rushing into January
Description
This post-holiday stretch can make even confident homeschooling and unschooling parents second-guess everything. But winter isn’t the time to push harder — even though everything around us insists we need to ‘get back on track.
So what if we took a different approach?
If the last semester felt less than stellar, it may not need a complete overhaul. It often just means real life showed up — and winter is asking for something different. This episode invites you to slow down, reflect clearly, and notice what’s actually true beneath the fear, guilt, and January noise.
We talk about:
- why winter has never been a season of pushing
- how stress and fear can distort how we remember “how things went”
- why reflection gives us better information than rushing to fix
- how learning often looks quieter in winter — and why that still counts
This is not about planning or starting over.
It’s about letting winter be winter — and giving yourself permission to pause.
If you’d like a little more support right now, here are a few gentle options:
• Discounted Private Coaching Calls (January too)
👉 http://www.suepatterson.as.me/december
And this Friday, January 2nd, I’ll be live on YouTube talking openly about the different kinds of support that exist for unschooling families — free and paid, mine and others’. No pitch, just information. You’re welcome to come listen or ask questions. http://www.youtube.com/c/UnschoolingMom2Mom
You don’t have to have it all figured out — just stay connected.
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