The true answer to this question is that all kinds of people choose to homeschool for a wide  variety of reasons. Everyone from lawyers to plumbers to teachers to doctors  to pilots select home education for their child. While the reasons are varied, here are a few of the most popular reasons.

If you are planning to homeschool or just thinking about it, download the FREE eBook from the link in the companion article at www.nurturingmynest.com

"Planning for the Best Homeschool Year Ever" 

This podcast details the first chapter as a tease.

More on Homeschooling:

Prepping for Preschool

5 Ideas for Developing the WHOLE Child

Car School

10 Ways to Save Money on Homeschooling

Considering Homeschooling? Start Here

Books on HOME and FAMILY:

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Kitchen management, bulk cooking and grocery shopping are just a  few of the critical ways to create efficiency with food management at home. All of us are eager to eat every day. As we navigate through the phases of relating to food in our home, we must fetch our food, process our food, organize our food, clean food related spaces and then do it all over again. All this takes practice, skill and strategy. When you get honest about it, it is just work. If you are looking for ways to save money and time, don't miss this conversation about tips to food management. 

More on this conversation on www.nurturingmynest.com.

Other podcasts on FOOD:

Saving Without Scissors - Saving on Food

Leah's Easy Berry Pie

Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps

Books on HOME and FAMILY:

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Are you feeling crowded in your space? Do you have to move? Has stuff been coming into your house while stuff is not going out? It might be time to ruthlessly purge. Purging may take pockets of time or you may have a window of time to devote to processing. Deciding HOW and WHAT to purge can give you a head start. Take a deep breath. Work this process in steps. Anticipate a mess as you work toward your dream. Establish three areas to start sorting. Trash, Keep and Donate!

For more on cleaning:

BEST Cleaning Tips: Organization and Efficiency

Purging

Things in Your Home an Organizer Would Throw Out

Team Cleaning as a Couple

Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps

More on HOME and FAMILY on Amazon:

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

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Keeping a manageable living space contributes to basic happy living. Chaos invites stress and wasted time. Taking the time to create routines and rhythms in your home promises to improve your everyday by freeing up your time for more of what you want to do. One of the best resources available is the book Hum of the Home. This compilation of thoughtful ideas curated from decades of keeping a home, raising children and hospitality simplifies the everyday. Determine what works for you. Customize your patterns. Identify your schedule. Modify your routines.

Easy helps from Hum of the Home:

The Purge

Laundry Simplified

Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home

Cleaning Your Home With Weekly Contributions

Combat Decision Fatigue: 5 Ideas for Left-for-Later Clutter

Books on HOME and FAMILY:

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms for Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

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It is critical to access your personal health on multiple levels to ensure that you are a healthy, whole person. Several times a year it is key to take inventory of yourself physically, mentally, relationally, emotionally and spiritually. Allow time to marinate, to dream and create specific steps to cultivate growth.

I love the energy and positivity generated by this type of evaluation. It is rewarding. It is inspiring. It is life-changing.

Celebrate progress. Don't aim for perfection. Live intentionally.

This material is available more extensively in the book Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

and on the blog www.nurturingmynest.com 

More on being a whole person:

Affirming Grows Gratitude

A Passionate Advocate for Women's Health: Donna Robart

The Strength of Influence

Soul Keeping

5 Characteristics of GRIT

If the weather is making you feel like refreshing your space, clear the clutter first. So often unnecessary items are crowding our living areas. When doing daily, weekly or seasonal cleaning it is best to begin by identifying trash. Identify the things you do not use, things you don't love, expired things, broken things and just trash. It's time to take out the trash!!

Need some ideas on what to purge. Check out these 50 items that might be trash taking up space in your home. Grab a large, black garbage bag and start tossing the items mentioned in this episode.

More on this convesation at www.nurturingmynest.com

More easy ideas on CLEANING:

Team Cleaning as a Couple

Keep a Clean Home With Easy Weekly Routine

Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home

Purging: Making More Space

Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps

HOME and FAMILY Inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com

Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education 

Looking for a dish to add for a special breakfast or a yummy dessert, try Leah's Orange Cranberry Bread Pudding!! Create it from scratch or let it be the serious yum created by leftovers like French toast and biscuits. As you might expect, the secret is in the sauce!! You might want to double the recipe and make two. Enjoy!!

Recipe at www.nurturingmynest.com

More inspiration for Christmas:

Gift Ideas with Expert Katie McLeod

Christmas Musings with Ronnie Stevens

Christmas Stovetop Potpourri

Ideas for HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com

Do you love putting up your Christmas tree? Do you have a rhythm that works well for you? Would you like to know what the professionals know? Early in my working life I worked as an interior decorator beside a designer who put up Christmas decorations. Along the way, I picked up a few tips regarding putting up Christmas trees quickly and efficiently. While there is not one way to put up a Christmas tree, check out these easy ideas to create a happier, more enjoyable experience the next time you put up your Christmas tree.

More on Christmas:

Gift Ideas With Expert Katie Simpson

Christmas Stovetop Potpourri

What I Love About Christmas

10 Ideas for a Centered Christmas

High Hopes and Low Expectations for Christmas

The Story Behind "What Child Is This?"

A Christmas Checklist for Busy Moms

Joy of Giving: Veteran's Christmas Lunch 

Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com

Looking for unique gift ideas? Fun thoughts for experience gifts and physical gifts that demonstrate thoughtfulness communicate value to the receiver. Choose gifts that show the receiver is known and celebrated. Listen for needs. Develop an intuition for experience gifts that encourage more togetherness and memory making. Planning ahead with meaningful gifting creates an exciting season with long lasting benefits of good will. Join expert Katie McLeod, my clever daughter, for an innovative collection of easy to implement gift giving ideas.

Suggested sources:

Giftful.com

Walker Goods

Another podcast from Katie:  Dating Done Right

Additional podcasts on Christmas:

High Hopes with Low Expectations

10 Ideas for Centering Christmas

Recalling Our Best Christmas Traditions

The Little Known Story of Silent Night

What I LOVE About Christmas

More on HOME and FAMILY:

www.nurturingmynest.com

Books on Amazon

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

At age 34 when facing a spinal cord injury and the limitations of weighing 400 pounds, Paul decided that he had to do better. Without a tradition of nutritious eating, Paul made the choice to change his everyday normal. Motivated to grasp the vitality of living, he embarked on a purposeful journey to a healthier future. Through extensive research, rigorous exercise and select foods coupled with an enormous amount of grit, Paul did the work of losing over 165 pounds. While he is still on this weight loss journey, he shares his motivation and some practical tips for what to eat to succeed.

Check out episode 62 with Paul Becker on Thriving in Singleness.

More inspiration: Thriving in Singleness

Emotional Intelligence

5 Characteristics of GRIT

Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Build Education

Ideas for Home and Family at www.nurturingmynest.com