The Skill of Slow Living is something that I wrote about way back in 2017, however, recently I have wanted to revisit this topic. Why is it a skill and not something you can easily fall into? Slow living is something that takes an enormous amount of work. It is completely counter-cultural. It isn’t something you easily fall into, it takes active decision making. That makes slow living hard, and our brains don’t want to do the hard things. But, it is important, so let’s revisit.

What is interesting to me is that I see the same kind of stress and anxiety out in the world today as I did back in 2017, as I did back in 2010. It seems like these feelings cycle. We start to make good on the promises to ourselves – do what matters, get rid of the extra and unnecessary, set good goals. But, then, all of a sudden, 7-10 years go by and you start to re-evaluate. You have some of the same struggles, but the old systems are no longer working. The changes you made don’t make the same amount of difference as they used to.

How to plan your homeschool year – it’s time! I can’t believe we are already at the point in the year where I start to think about next year. This past year flew by. We still have a few weeks left, but I am itching to start thinking about next year.

The 2025-2026 Homeschool Year is going to be a wee bit different for us, because Emma is officially graduating this year. She has worked extra hard, and is planning to focus on her novel. It is amazing to think that I am graduating my first homeschooler. And wow, that went faster than I expected. I think back to the first post I ever wrote about homeschooling, and how crazy it was back then that I was considering homeschooling. But here we are, one homeschool graduate down, and two to go!

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How to Plan Your Homeschool Year: Lists

The first place that you have to start with how to plan your homeschool year is all of the lists. I know what you are thinking, I hate lists!

Welcome back to the 2025 Goal Planning Series. If you missed last week’s post you should start there! Today we will be discussing how to brainstorm your year ahead and continue to reflect on the previous year. I will be using a few different resources today.

• 2025 PowerSheets Goal Planner
• A5 Leuchtturm 1917 notebook
• Cultivated Life Evaluation Guide
• Dual Tip Markers
• Color Coding Sticker Book

Do you start to brainstorm your year ahead of time? I certainly do. For some reason, every year, I get new ideas typically in the fall. I know I do not have the time to work on these new ideas through the end of the year, but I don’t want to forget them. Instead of keeping them jumbled in my brain, I write them in my goals notebook.

I have been keeping a goals notebook for close to 25 years at this point. It was way before I knew about the PowerSheets, way before I was married.

It is time to start thinking about 2025 Goal Planning! We are going to start in an unlikely place, your 2025 word of the year, or theme. There is a method to my madness, so stay with me as we work through it together.

If you haven’t gotten a goal planner for 2025 yet, that is absolutely OK! I will be using the 2025 PowerSheets as well as my trusty little A5 Leuchtturm 1917 goals notebook as we work through this process over the next month. You can get 10% off your purchase if you choose to buy your PowerSheets through my link. I would recommend that you get at least a notebook to jot your thoughts and brainstorm. If you are curious about some of the different goal planner options I have considered, you can watch the video below.

Why Start with 2025 Word of the Year?

You may be asking yourself that exact question, especially considering the 2025 word of the year page is at the very end of the PowerSheets prep work as well as most other goal planners out there.