Transitions and changes
This year is riddled with transitions and changes. I started a podcast, a new business venture with a family member, a new baby, a new home school curriculum addition (the kids love to participate), and a new lifestyle decision.
The podcast.
Balanced earth etc. Is my way of addressing social issues that get overlooked or propagandized. I am sick of the negative news when I see all the positive, especially surrounding minorities. The safest part of all I see my origins falling in to the traps of believing the lies despite their own experiences.
Instead of complaining I am shedding light and making a changes in the social news arena. I noticed some podcasts focus on the world, I don’t have the time or money so I am focusing on what I know best me. My podcast talks about me and my observations and I try to have discussions about how right or wrong those observations are from a philosophical perspective. Sociology is a passion of mine as I have always been fascinated by the why and how people do things. I have been reading books on self improvement and parenting, and noticing that no method is full proof. The only thing true grown hinges on is self-discipline.
Home education
Self-discipline leads me to the new homeschool curriculum and my knew eating habits. I have gone over my curriculum choices at length in past posts and I am sure since that is the largest part of my life I will always have updates. But for the most part I have added beast academy for sure, trail guide to world history with highlights secret agent club (I was so excited it reminds me of “where in the world is Carmen san diego”). Nancy Larson science and Starline press science they both go along with a large selection of books purchased from thriftbooks. Honestly, alone they are very sparse. I was disappointed with the content but happy with the organization. So as always it is my outline.
Nancy Larson has great add-ons, don’t get me wrong, but if you buy it with out a library of books and follow the video links out the box, I was not as impressed as I thought I would be. Rainbow resources is my new friend on the Starline Press package deal and the artistic pursuit art kits. Saved a bundle. Build your library and teach your child philosophy are still on the roster as solid book lists and outlines but I added the wildwood curriculum book list for logic books and games.
Diet
Now in order for me to be able to get through a homeschool day plus life, I need energy and food is fuel. So I need self-discipline in my diet even more so now that I am pregnant with my third child. Some who follow my blog will be like oh no not the ex husband or is it someone new? It is my ex husband. I will get in to it in detail later now I am focusing on self-discipline and I digress enough as is. I want to stay focused on my eating habits in this paragraph. Lol 🙂 As I mature I am more mindful of my habits and my body. I was cooking everyday eating healthy and was losing weight, getting compliments on my complexion and then boom!!! I lost energy sleeping more and gaining weight and pimples!! No no no no no. Not happening on my watch. Processed foods crept in first, then meat and fewer veggies. Next thing I know I was only eating chicken quarters and burgers with no veggies at all. I felt like crap. My size ten stopped fitting right and my swimsuit bust a seam. Smh. I was so close to being a complete vegetarian. I had moderation down. I was cooking daily from scratch with no problems. Then winter came all I wanted to do was stay warm in the house. I ordered my groceries instead of braving the snow without a car, mind you with a double stroller as my shopping cart of which I had to carry up three flights of stairs. Yeah that was not at the top of my list. I am still in need of food assistance, I don’t make a lot of money so healthy places don’t deliver healthy food. And you really wonder why poor people are fat and or unhealthy? I would love to order thrive market, and brandless, but they don’t heck can’t accept SNAP benefits. So my choices for food delivery are sparse when it comes to ordering healthy on a budget. And now it is April and it is snowing right this second as I type this post. It is a conspiracy I swear. Motivation for me to make my podcast and family smart home sales business a sucsess. Well with my income tax refund as always I paid my bills first and although I wanted to go to a homeschool convention and Disneyland with my oldest for his 9 th birthday, I rather pay Lyft to take us to the store in the snow and around town instead of walking as usual. It is really cold, and I loose my breath too easily as I get back into our routine.
I want to become a vegan, but will be happy with just chicken and fish for now. I need vegan cookbooks. But I spent so much on a washing machine and dryer and all my books and virtual assistant and domain names my lyft budget is crucial this summer with this weather as it is. YouTube is great but I need food lists for shopping, that keeps me on track. Shopping without a list is a big no no if I want to stay disciplined with my money.
New income stream
Thorpe development east is branching out into the sustainability field. My cousin has designed a compact, easy to transport container home option that is actually affordable for all. Customizable homes that cost between 16k and as much as 45k and that is the largest I can think of. I was at an abandoned home that was scheduled for a full remodel and the home is to be sold at 400k smh. I couldn’t afford that if I wanted to, I love my neighborhood. The only way to stay in it is to stay in public housing. Not cool at all. So I have a bee in my bonnet to get these homes in my neighborhood. I am running for board of trustees seat for my city to put a bug in the ear of all who will listen about his homes and my farmacy and farm fresh food delivery service. Creating new jobs oh just thought to partner with lyft they have Uber eats why not a lyft fresh food delivery. Ah so excited. I must go plan now.