April 14, 2025 • 18 mins
Not all homeschooling days are going to be sunshine and roses...on the days that are tough. Little things+consistency+time=big results. You really are doing better than you think you are!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you ever had one of those days or
weeks or months where you feel like you try
and you try and you try and you try?
No matter how hard you try, you are losing,
and you feel that way with your
homeschooling?
My friends, I think we've all felt that way
and that is what we're going to talk about
(00:22):
today those days when it's hard and we
wonder if it's even going to make a
difference.
Hello and welcome to School, to Homeschool.
I am Janae Daniels.
I'm a wife, a mother of six and a former
middle school teacher turned homeschool mom.
I have kids in their 20s, all the way down
to elementary age and everything in between.
(00:44):
Are you thinking about pulling your kids
from the school system, like I did?
But you're scared to death and don't know
what to do next?
My friends, I felt the same way and you
have come to the right place.
I want to help your family leave the system
so that you can take the hearts and minds
of your children back.
(01:06):
Okay, y'all, I have to be honest.
The last couple weeks have been really
tough.
In parts of my life and in other parts of
my life it's been a couple months that have
been really tough.
I will just share with you.
I literally just got off the phone with the
appliance repair place.
We got a brand new dishwasher last May and
(01:31):
it broke in January.
So we called, we have the warranty and all
of that stuff.
And we called GE and they said, okay, we've
contracted with this appliance repair place,
they should come out and fix it.
They came out and they're like oh, two
little tiny parts are broken, two little
(01:53):
itsy bitsy parts are broken that are going
to need to be fixed.
But unfortunately those little tiny parts
are on back order with GE.
So we wait and wait and wait and wait and
wait and our hand washing dishes with all
of us in the house we start using paper
products.
I mean, we've used paper products in the
past but like we really started using paper
(02:14):
products but we still have so many dishes
and and I know first world problems, I get
it, I get this as a first world problem is
a first world problem, um, but finally last
week they're like the parts are here, they
come, and on Wednesday they fix the
dishwasher and I I put air quotes with that
(02:35):
and unfortunately it wasn't fixed Um, that
within an hour of the guy leaving, the
dishwasher doesn't work again and it shuts
off.
So actually it was even less than that.
He wasn't, he didn't even run a cycle, so
he turned it on.
He's like okay, now it works, goodbye.
(02:55):
And then within a few minutes of him
leaving, it's it's broken.
So I call immediately and they said, oh,
we'll send somebody out.
And so the next day they send somebody out
and he's like oh, the water wasn't turned
on.
So he turns on the water, starts the
dishwasher immediately leaves, right,
(03:16):
dishwasher again doesn't work.
Y'all it does not work.
I call immediately Within 10 minutes of him
leaving.
I call Like because it was right after he
left that I called and he wasn't at our
house.
I mean, he was only at our house for like
maybe 10 minutes maybe.
So the place is like we will call you back.
(03:37):
Well, they don't call us back and I have a
super busy day and a super busy next day.
So I call this morning and, lo and behold,
they're like oh well, the repair person
said that your dishwasher was fixed.
We don't have any record of you calling.
I'm like oh, I have records of me calling.
And they're like unfortunately your case is
(03:58):
closed, so you have to open up another case
with General Electric.
So my husband calls to open up another case.
And did I mention that we have hardwood
floors on our main level that were
completely destroyed by the flooding of
this dishwasher, so those are ruined and we
have to deal with that.
And at the same time we don't have a
(04:19):
dishwasher that works and I am up to my
eyeballs in dishes and frustration.
If you can't already tell, we have to open
another case with General Electric because
they claimed that the case was closed
(04:39):
according to the repair place.
But unfortunately the repair place wasn't
competent and didn't actually fix the
dishwasher.
Nor did they call us back when we tried,
saying it's still not working, it's not
draining now and it won't even start up,
like it starts, blinks and shuts off,
anyway.
So here I am thinking about life and I had
(05:00):
intended on doing a whole different podcast
episode on something else when I'm dealing
with this, and last week I had.
I was talking to a mom who started
homeschooling last year and she called and
she just cried and cried and said I feel
(05:21):
like a failure, I feel like I'm not doing
enough and no matter what I try, it doesn't
work.
A failure, I feel like I'm not doing enough
and no matter what I try, it doesn't work,
like I just feel like I'm losing.
And so I asked her a few questions.
You know, I said, how are you doing?
You know she's like I, you know I don't
know about academics and I kind of feel
like I'm doing school at home a little bit
and we're doing the bare minimum and it
(05:42):
still feels like I'm just I'm worried about
all these things and what if I'm not doing
enough?
And I try every day, I try, and I try, and
I try and I try, and I'm so frustrated and
I think we all have days like that.
I don't ever want to give the impression
that my homeschool is a perfect experience.
(06:04):
There are so many frustrating days, right,
we are parents living in in a world where
there's things that happen and rude people
and you know all these things, and we're
just trying to do our best to get along,
and I think that's most people, right.
That's most people are just doing their
darndest to to survive, to do okay, and as
(06:29):
moms, we get really hard on ourselves and
we're like we are.
I'm a loser, right, and I there have been
so many days that I'm like I am so
frustrated with my children and what if I'm
not doing enough.
And then there's other days that I'm and
what if I'm not doing enough?
And then there's other days that I'm
(06:49):
reassured that, oh, I am doing okay.
The hard thing in homeschooling is we don't
have a lot of metrics to measure what a
child is learning In school.
They use grades and tests, which are really
terrible metrics, frankly.
(07:10):
Uh, they measure what children memorize,
but that that that's no indication of
what's going into long-term memory or if
it's anything that they'll even need or use
in the future.
But we I used to pat myself on the back and
be like, oh, they're learning stuff because
he got an A or she got an A, or oh, no,
(07:30):
they're not learning anything I can see
because they failed a test.
And so, as homeschooling parents, I know
many people do testing.
I don't anymore.
I mean, my kids will do like like mini.
They'll do like mini quizzes on their
online math program to see where the gaps
(07:51):
are, and then they, you know, are able to
go in and fill in the gaps.
But it's not quite the same thing.
It's not.
Most tests aren't measures of learning,
right and and so, as homeschooling parents,
um, we're stuck going, we don't know how
we're doing and, frankly, we won't know how
(08:12):
we're doing until they're adults, because
this isn't a sprint.
Parenting is a.
It's a marathon.
I know parents who have adult children who
said you know, when they were little I
(08:32):
patted myself on the back what great
parents we were, and then, as adults, they
made terrible choices.
And now I just go.
What did I do wrong?
And ultimately, you know, kids make their
own choices.
But as moms, we're hoping that we're making
an impact, that we're preparing our kids
(08:56):
enough to send them into the world to do,
to be good people, to be successful.
And yet there's no guarantee and there's
nothing that we can do along the way to
have markers to know that like, hey, you're
doing good, other than that we have a good
relationship today with the child.
(09:22):
And sometimes I think you know, we think
we're, I've, I've wondered like, okay, as
far as the learning piece goes, like are my
kids learning stuff?
And and there's no, there's no real,
there's not a real measure to determine
that, other than the things that they share
(09:43):
and that they love and want to show me and
want to share with me, like that's, that's
the litmus test that I've got, because
grades only show coercion, that's what they
show.
They only show memorization, they only show
that they've memorized the things that are
expected for them for the test or for the
quiz, anyway.
(10:05):
So back to this mom and back to the
dishwasher for the quiz, anyway.
So back to this mom and back to the
dishwasher.
I've realized that it's the little things
that make a difference.
Those little, two stupid parts made a
difference, and the fact that they couldn't
hold up over time, day after day after day
after day, and ultimately they have caused
(10:26):
a big ruckus in my life.
They've caused our hardwoods to be ruined.
They've caused extra stress with dishes.
It's caused conflict with my kids, like
who's doing the dishes today?
And they all fight, you know, fight over it.
And we had a chore chart up with the dishes,
but the dishes have become a major ordeal.
(10:47):
And then I look at this mom and she's like
I don't know if I'm doing enough.
I, I, every day, we try, we do, we do read
alouds, we do a little bit of math, we do a
little bit of this, we do a little bit of
this, and I'm trying to give them
experiences and I just, I just don't know
if I'm doing good.
And so the litmus test, that.
So that doesn't help either.
(11:07):
But in this case, she said I have a better
relationship with my girls than I did
before.
So I consider that I guess I can consider
that a win.
And that's what I have.
I'm like my relationships with my kids are
better than they were when they were in
public school.
So I think I think that's a win.
(11:31):
But now the rest of it, we have to trust in
this marathon process.
It was easier in some ways when they were
in public school because I was able to
defer and go.
Oh well, I can blame the public school.
You know they're in charge of their
education.
But when we take over the education
(11:55):
ourselves, I think we get really hard on
ourselves and I can't use the public school
as an excuse.
Like, well, if there's gaps in education,
it's because the public school didn't
provide it and that's not my problem.
No, it is, and as a homeschool mom, 100% of
it is is our problem.
By the way, there will be gaps in education.
(12:17):
So I've thought about this.
I've thought about this with the dishwasher.
I've thought about this with my sister,
about how the little things matter, like
the little things are the big things.
How a little bit more time spent with our
kids is a big thing.
How reading a little bit each day with our
(12:40):
kids, day in and day out, and day in and
day out, and day in and day out, and day in
and day out, becomes a big thing.
There's this thing called the compound
effect.
Now Let me pull it up here.
A man by the name of Darren Hardy wrote a
(13:00):
book called the Compound Effect.
I read it several years ago.
I actually met with Darren Hardy.
He's a nice guy.
I didn't meet with him, I met him.
I got his, you know, I got his autograph on
my book.
But essentially, the basis of the compound
effect is the compound effect is the
strategy of reaping huge rewards for small,
(13:21):
seemingly insignificant actions.
In other words, small choices plus
consistency plus time equals significant
actions.
In other words, small choices plus
consistency plus time equals significant
results.
Y'all, we, as I've mentioned just a couple
of minutes ago, we're in a marathon and the
one thing that we have control over because
ultimately we do not have control over how
(13:42):
our children will turn out, we don't we
have control over our relationship with
them, like how, what we contribute to that.
We have control over our habits at home.
We have control over what we choose to put
in front of our children.
We have control over how we spend our time
(14:03):
with the kids.
We have control over those things.
We also have control over how consistent we
are, but we don't have control over the
outcome.
I've mentioned this before.
I am about to hit my two-year mark of my
weight loss journey.
I hit my goal weight a couple months ago.
(14:24):
I've since lost three more pounds and what
I realized really quickly is I didn't have
control over what, how much weight I lost
at one given time, like my body just did
what it did.
I didn't.
I didn't have control over that.
So you know, if I stuck to my eating plan
and my exercise regime, I may or may not
(14:44):
lose weight.
I didn't control whether or not I did, but
I did control the consistency part and
ultimately I got to my goal.
It took a long time but I got to my goal.
We, as homeschooling moms, we don't.
We don't have control over the end result,
but we do have control over the consistency
(15:04):
and we do have control over the little
things.
And so I want you, if you are discouraged
today and you're like I'm not winning, I am
losing this battle, I want you to know you
are not.
You are doing legitimately.
I say this every single week and I mean it
every single week.
You are doing better than you think you are.
(15:28):
You really do got this.
Now are there going to be weeks that you
screw up?
Yes.
Are there going to be weeks that you're
less consistent than other weeks?
Yes, but the good news is you can repent
and do better.
You can pick up today and do better
tomorrow.
You can pick up today and do better today,
better tomorrow.
You can pick up today and do better today.
(15:49):
We can change in an instant.
That's what we can do and we can be
consistent.
And the reality is, if we are doing the
little things with our kids every day, if
we are reading aloud and we are cooking
with them and we are spending time with
them and we are working on a little bit of
math and we are teaching them a little bit
of history every day the things that we
most want to teach them we're teaching them
(16:10):
about character and we're teaching them
about kindness and every day we just do a
little bit each day.
Over time, that consistency will create
significant results.
It really will.
The little things will matter more than the
big things.
(16:33):
So today, I want you to know that focus on
the little things and if you need to change
and do better with consistency, then change
you.
Can I give you permission, you can change
right now.
(16:53):
You can do better right now.
I'm sorry if this comes across as a little
bit of a rant.
Today it's been one of those days.
Like I said, we're three months without a
dishwasher and I was working on the dishes
this morning with one of my kids and I
thought about this mom and I thought about
the dishwasher.
I thought about that stupid little part
(17:14):
that over time broke and that little thing
made a big difference.
It goes on the flip side too.
The beautiful little things make a big
difference.
I want to read this poem.
I've read it before.
I want to read it again for you today.
Again, today's a shorter episode, but I
just wanted you to know that you're doing
(17:35):
better than you think you are.
The Little Things by Julia Carney.
Little drops of water, little grains of
sand, make the mighty ocean and the
pleasant land.
Water, little grains of sand, make the
mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
So the little moments, humble though they
be, make the mighty ages of eternity.
(17:55):
So our little errors lead the soul away
from the path of virtue, far in sin to
stray.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of
love make our earth happy like the heaven
above.
Y'all, you really are doing better than you
(18:18):
think you are.
You got this.
You got this.
Mamas and papas, you got this.
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You've got this, my friends.
Have you ever had one of those days or
weeks or months where you feel like you try
and you try and you try and you try?
No matter how hard you try, you are losing,
and you feel that way with your
homeschooling?
My friends, I think we've all felt that way
and that is what we're going to talk about
(00:22):
today those days when it's hard and we
wonder if it's even going to make a
difference.
Hello and welcome to School, to Homeschool.
I am Janae Daniels.
I'm a wife, a mother of six and a former
middle school teacher turned homeschool mom.
I have kids in their 20s, all the way down
to elementary age and everything in between.
(00:44):
Are you thinking about pulling your kids
from the school system, like I did?
But you're scared to death and don't know
what to do next?
My friends, I felt the same way and you
have come to the right place.
I want to help your family leave the system
so that you can take the hearts and minds
of your children back.
(01:06):
Okay, y'all, I have to be honest.
The last couple weeks have been really
tough.
In parts of my life and in other parts of
my life it's been a couple months that have
been really tough.
I will just share with you.
I literally just got off the phone with the
appliance repair place.
We got a brand new dishwasher last May and
(01:31):
it broke in January.
So we called, we have the warranty and all
of that stuff.
And we called GE and they said, okay, we've
contracted with this appliance repair place,
they should come out and fix it.
They came out and they're like oh, two
little tiny parts are broken, two little
(01:53):
itsy bitsy parts are broken that are going
to need to be fixed.
But unfortunately those little tiny parts
are on back order with GE.
So we wait and wait and wait and wait and
wait and our hand washing dishes with all
of us in the house we start using paper
products.
I mean, we've used paper products in the
past but like we really started using paper
(02:14):
products but we still have so many dishes
and and I know first world problems, I get
it, I get this as a first world problem is
a first world problem, um, but finally last
week they're like the parts are here, they
come, and on Wednesday they fix the
dishwasher and I I put air quotes with that
(02:35):
and unfortunately it wasn't fixed Um, that
within an hour of the guy leaving, the
dishwasher doesn't work again and it shuts
off.
So actually it was even less than that.
He wasn't, he didn't even run a cycle, so
he turned it on.
He's like okay, now it works, goodbye.
(02:55):
And then within a few minutes of him
leaving, it's it's broken.
So I call immediately and they said, oh,
we'll send somebody out.
And so the next day they send somebody out
and he's like oh, the water wasn't turned
on.
So he turns on the water, starts the
dishwasher immediately leaves, right,
(03:16):
dishwasher again doesn't work.
Y'all it does not work.
I call immediately Within 10 minutes of him
leaving.
I call Like because it was right after he
left that I called and he wasn't at our
house.
I mean, he was only at our house for like
maybe 10 minutes maybe.
So the place is like we will call you back.
(03:37):
Well, they don't call us back and I have a
super busy day and a super busy next day.
So I call this morning and, lo and behold,
they're like oh well, the repair person
said that your dishwasher was fixed.
We don't have any record of you calling.
I'm like oh, I have records of me calling.
And they're like unfortunately your case is
(03:58):
closed, so you have to open up another case
with General Electric.
So my husband calls to open up another case.
And did I mention that we have hardwood
floors on our main level that were
completely destroyed by the flooding of
this dishwasher, so those are ruined and we
have to deal with that.
And at the same time we don't have a
(04:19):
dishwasher that works and I am up to my
eyeballs in dishes and frustration.
If you can't already tell, we have to open
another case with General Electric because
they claimed that the case was closed
(04:39):
according to the repair place.
But unfortunately the repair place wasn't
competent and didn't actually fix the
dishwasher.
Nor did they call us back when we tried,
saying it's still not working, it's not
draining now and it won't even start up,
like it starts, blinks and shuts off,
anyway.
So here I am thinking about life and I had
(05:00):
intended on doing a whole different podcast
episode on something else when I'm dealing
with this, and last week I had.
I was talking to a mom who started
homeschooling last year and she called and
she just cried and cried and said I feel
(05:21):
like a failure, I feel like I'm not doing
enough and no matter what I try, it doesn't
work.
A failure, I feel like I'm not doing enough
and no matter what I try, it doesn't work,
like I just feel like I'm losing.
And so I asked her a few questions.
You know, I said, how are you doing?
You know she's like I, you know I don't
know about academics and I kind of feel
like I'm doing school at home a little bit
and we're doing the bare minimum and it
(05:42):
still feels like I'm just I'm worried about
all these things and what if I'm not doing
enough?
And I try every day, I try, and I try, and
I try and I try, and I'm so frustrated and
I think we all have days like that.
I don't ever want to give the impression
that my homeschool is a perfect experience.
(06:04):
There are so many frustrating days, right,
we are parents living in in a world where
there's things that happen and rude people
and you know all these things, and we're
just trying to do our best to get along,
and I think that's most people, right.
That's most people are just doing their
darndest to to survive, to do okay, and as
(06:29):
moms, we get really hard on ourselves and
we're like we are.
I'm a loser, right, and I there have been
so many days that I'm like I am so
frustrated with my children and what if I'm
not doing enough.
And then there's other days that I'm and
what if I'm not doing enough?
And then there's other days that I'm
(06:49):
reassured that, oh, I am doing okay.
The hard thing in homeschooling is we don't
have a lot of metrics to measure what a
child is learning In school.
They use grades and tests, which are really
terrible metrics, frankly.
(07:10):
Uh, they measure what children memorize,
but that that that's no indication of
what's going into long-term memory or if
it's anything that they'll even need or use
in the future.
But we I used to pat myself on the back and
be like, oh, they're learning stuff because
he got an A or she got an A, or oh, no,
(07:30):
they're not learning anything I can see
because they failed a test.
And so, as homeschooling parents, I know
many people do testing.
I don't anymore.
I mean, my kids will do like like mini.
They'll do like mini quizzes on their
online math program to see where the gaps
(07:51):
are, and then they, you know, are able to
go in and fill in the gaps.
But it's not quite the same thing.
It's not.
Most tests aren't measures of learning,
right and and so, as homeschooling parents,
um, we're stuck going, we don't know how
we're doing and, frankly, we won't know how
(08:12):
we're doing until they're adults, because
this isn't a sprint.
Parenting is a.
It's a marathon.
I know parents who have adult children who
said you know, when they were little I
(08:32):
patted myself on the back what great
parents we were, and then, as adults, they
made terrible choices.
And now I just go.
What did I do wrong?
And ultimately, you know, kids make their
own choices.
But as moms, we're hoping that we're making
an impact, that we're preparing our kids
(08:56):
enough to send them into the world to do,
to be good people, to be successful.
And yet there's no guarantee and there's
nothing that we can do along the way to
have markers to know that like, hey, you're
doing good, other than that we have a good
relationship today with the child.
(09:22):
And sometimes I think you know, we think
we're, I've, I've wondered like, okay, as
far as the learning piece goes, like are my
kids learning stuff?
And and there's no, there's no real,
there's not a real measure to determine
that, other than the things that they share
(09:43):
and that they love and want to show me and
want to share with me, like that's, that's
the litmus test that I've got, because
grades only show coercion, that's what they
show.
They only show memorization, they only show
that they've memorized the things that are
expected for them for the test or for the
quiz, anyway.
(10:05):
So back to this mom and back to the
dishwasher for the quiz, anyway.
So back to this mom and back to the
dishwasher.
I've realized that it's the little things
that make a difference.
Those little, two stupid parts made a
difference, and the fact that they couldn't
hold up over time, day after day after day
after day, and ultimately they have caused
(10:26):
a big ruckus in my life.
They've caused our hardwoods to be ruined.
They've caused extra stress with dishes.
It's caused conflict with my kids, like
who's doing the dishes today?
And they all fight, you know, fight over it.
And we had a chore chart up with the dishes,
but the dishes have become a major ordeal.
(10:47):
And then I look at this mom and she's like
I don't know if I'm doing enough.
I, I, every day, we try, we do, we do read
alouds, we do a little bit of math, we do a
little bit of this, we do a little bit of
this, and I'm trying to give them
experiences and I just, I just don't know
if I'm doing good.
And so the litmus test, that.
So that doesn't help either.
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But in this case, she said I have a better
relationship with my girls than I did
before.
So I consider that I guess I can consider
that a win.
And that's what I have.
I'm like my relationships with my kids are
better than they were when they were in
public school.
So I think I think that's a win.
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But now the rest of it, we have to trust in
this marathon process.
It was easier in some ways when they were
in public school because I was able to
defer and go.
Oh well, I can blame the public school.
You know they're in charge of their
education.
But when we take over the education
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ourselves, I think we get really hard on
ourselves and I can't use the public school
as an excuse.
Like, well, if there's gaps in education,
it's because the public school didn't
provide it and that's not my problem.
No, it is, and as a homeschool mom, 100% of
it is is our problem.
By the way, there will be gaps in education.
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So I've thought about this.
I've thought about this with the dishwasher.
I've thought about this with my sister,
about how the little things matter, like
the little things are the big things.
How a little bit more time spent with our
kids is a big thing.
How reading a little bit each day with our
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kids, day in and day out, and day in and
day out, and day in and day out, and day in
and day out, becomes a big thing.
There's this thing called the compound
effect.
Now Let me pull it up here.
A man by the name of Darren Hardy wrote a
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book called the Compound Effect.
I read it several years ago.
I actually met with Darren Hardy.
He's a nice guy.
I didn't meet with him, I met him.
I got his, you know, I got his autograph on
my book.
But essentially, the basis of the compound
effect is the compound effect is the
strategy of reaping huge rewards for small,
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seemingly insignificant actions.
In other words, small choices plus
consistency plus time equals significant
actions.
In other words, small choices plus
consistency plus time equals significant
results.
Y'all, we, as I've mentioned just a couple
of minutes ago, we're in a marathon and the
one thing that we have control over because
ultimately we do not have control over how
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our children will turn out, we don't we
have control over our relationship with
them, like how, what we contribute to that.
We have control over our habits at home.
We have control over what we choose to put
in front of our children.
We have control over how we spend our time
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with the kids.
We have control over those things.
We also have control over how consistent we
are, but we don't have control over the
outcome.
I've mentioned this before.
I am about to hit my two-year mark of my
weight loss journey.
I hit my goal weight a couple months ago.
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I've since lost three more pounds and what
I realized really quickly is I didn't have
control over what, how much weight I lost
at one given time, like my body just did
what it did.
I didn't.
I didn't have control over that.
So you know, if I stuck to my eating plan
and my exercise regime, I may or may not
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lose weight.
I didn't control whether or not I did, but
I did control the consistency part and
ultimately I got to my goal.
It took a long time but I got to my goal.
We, as homeschooling moms, we don't.
We don't have control over the end result,
but we do have control over the consistency
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and we do have control over the little
things.
And so I want you, if you are discouraged
today and you're like I'm not winning, I am
losing this battle, I want you to know you
are not.
You are doing legitimately.
I say this every single week and I mean it
every single week.
You are doing better than you think you are.
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You really do got this.
Now are there going to be weeks that you
screw up?
Yes.
Are there going to be weeks that you're
less consistent than other weeks?
Yes, but the good news is you can repent
and do better.
You can pick up today and do better
tomorrow.
You can pick up today and do better today,
better tomorrow.
You can pick up today and do better today.
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We can change in an instant.
That's what we can do and we can be
consistent.
And the reality is, if we are doing the
little things with our kids every day, if
we are reading aloud and we are cooking
with them and we are spending time with
them and we are working on a little bit of
math and we are teaching them a little bit
of history every day the things that we
most want to teach them we're teaching them
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about character and we're teaching them
about kindness and every day we just do a
little bit each day.
Over time, that consistency will create
significant results.
It really will.
The little things will matter more than the
big things.
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So today, I want you to know that focus on
the little things and if you need to change
and do better with consistency, then change
you.
Can I give you permission, you can change
right now.
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You can do better right now.
I'm sorry if this comes across as a little
bit of a rant.
Today it's been one of those days.
Like I said, we're three months without a
dishwasher and I was working on the dishes
this morning with one of my kids and I
thought about this mom and I thought about
the dishwasher.
I thought about that stupid little part
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that over time broke and that little thing
made a big difference.
It goes on the flip side too.
The beautiful little things make a big
difference.
I want to read this poem.
I've read it before.
I want to read it again for you today.
Again, today's a shorter episode, but I
just wanted you to know that you're doing
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better than you think you are.
The Little Things by Julia Carney.
Little drops of water, little grains of
sand, make the mighty ocean and the
pleasant land.
Water, little grains of sand, make the
mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
So the little moments, humble though they
be, make the mighty ages of eternity.
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So our little errors lead the soul away
from the path of virtue, far in sin to
stray.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of
love make our earth happy like the heaven
above.
Y'all, you really are doing better than you
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think you are.
You got this.
You got this.
Mamas and papas, you got this.
We'll talk next week.
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You've got this, my friends.
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