Inspiration and encouragement Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/inspiration/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:05:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Inspiration and encouragement Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/inspiration/ 32 32 89931359 Reflections of an Honorable Man: Things My Parents Taught Me https://doingwhatmatters.com/reflections-of-an-honorable-man-things-my-parents-taught-me/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/reflections-of-an-honorable-man-things-my-parents-taught-me/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:05:32 +0000 https://doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4468 It’s almost the end of the year and I’m looking back at all that has happened. Like most years, 2023 brought a mixed bag of events — some happy and some sad. It seemed as though we attended more memorial...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/feed/ 0 4338 Old Year Gratitude; New Year Hope https://doingwhatmatters.com/old-year-gratitude-new-year-hope/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/old-year-gratitude-new-year-hope/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:55:10 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4171 This year — 2020 — is almost over. It’s been quite a year! Decades from now, I’m guessing that people will remember it most as the Year of the Pandemic; the year that Covid-19 changed the way that many of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/remembering-what-matters/feed/ 1 4072 Homeschool 101: Charlotte Mason Style https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschool-101/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschool-101/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:28:29 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4021 In which a student of Charlotte Mason (British educator 1842-1923) imperfectly outlines first steps of the Mason method with an eye toward hope and encouragement to new home educators. By: Anya Campbell  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ampc7/ Ideas on How to Begin I...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschool-101/feed/ 1 4021 What To Do When Everything Changes https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-to-do-when-everything-changes/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-to-do-when-everything-changes/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:26:39 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3994 After the first of the Great Homeschool Conventions ended early, I drove home from Texas to Virginia. While I listened to audiobooks most of the way, there was plenty of time to think about what the next few weeks or...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-to-do-when-everything-changes/feed/ 3 3994 Holiday Gifts You Can Read https://doingwhatmatters.com/holiday-gifts-you-can-read/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/holiday-gifts-you-can-read/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:03:00 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2824 Give the gift of delight There’s a lot to be said for gifts you can read. Books provide hours of delight at just pennies per hour, and of course, I have a few suggestions (it was hard to whittle down the list!)....

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/holiday-gifts-you-can-read/feed/ 0 2824 Keeping Thanks in Thanksgiving https://doingwhatmatters.com/keeping-thanks-in-thanksgiving/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/keeping-thanks-in-thanksgiving/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:53:03 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2801 Thanksgiving is an opportunity to spend time with loved ones and give thanks for the blessings of the year. Ideally, the holiday is something to anticipate with joy. Realistically, I know that the prospect of spending a day or more with a houseful of volatile opinion...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/keeping-thanks-in-thanksgiving/feed/ 1 2801 Virtue, Education, and the Electorate https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:46:32 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2787 An orderly line of voters snaked halfway around the parking lot at the polling place this morning. The crowd courteously made way for seniors with canes, wheelchairs, or walkers, with quiet thanks to those who sported evidence of military service. My...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/virtue-education-and-the-electorate/feed/ 1 2787 The Book of Psalms in Music and Art https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-book-of-psalms-in-music/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-book-of-psalms-in-music/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:28:15 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2611 Psalms in Music The Psalms were the first poetry and prayer that I encountered as a child, and they still bring daily joy, peace, and comfort. I recently found this playlist of the entire book of Psalms in music, sung...

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