Cecilie Conrad logo - dark
Cecilie Conrad logo - light
⌘K
Blog Podcast Unschooling Parent consultant About me
bBlog
pPodcast
uUnschooling
pParent consultant
aAbout me
Back

Running alongside a train | Day 209 of my 2023 Journal

Cecilie Conrad·Jul 29, 2023

It is sometimes hard to keep up with life. The constant of time, the earth spinning, is a hard headmaster. How do people MAKE it?

Basic stuff like clearing spaces, cooking food, doing yoga, and having conversations seem to fill up all the hours.

The worst part is the personal development. See, I am positive. I know I am here for a reason, and I am sure life will give me exactly what I need when I need it. What I do not always comprehend is how to keep up.

My four very different children in different places in their lives present me with changing challenges as to how I can be the support they need, how I can guide and help and reflect with them, be the box of resonance for what they are, do, become, dream.

I feel sometimes I have to run SO FAST.

I need to understand things, reflect on things, dissect things, re-assemble them, and think about consequences, options, and alternatives - BEFORE I can have an opinion or even the slightest idea.

But at the same time, everything HAPPENS.

It is not like the world will stop spinning until I am done thinking. Wouldn’t that be nice, though? If the planet would please stop spinning, the inner processes give us a break when we need to sit down and THINK. No need for bathrooms, cooking, or earning money; nobody is waiting for your input, just silence while we work on it - the thinking process.

Well! This is not how it goes. We just have to keep up the pace. Run alongside the trails. While cooking and living and loving and cleaning and meditating and making money and spending money, we have to grow, to understand, to think again, to make decisions, to say yes or no or maybe, to say now or tomorrow or never (maybe not that), we just have to do it.

And in the end, I do love it.

The whole thing.

Life has this abundance of things going on, and us needing to sift through it and find our ways.

There is a lot of beauty to the chaos.

Love and light

Cecilie-Underskrift-300x133

Cecilie Conrad

Thank you for reading
I would love to hear from you. Listen to your thoughts and reflections - or praise :) It is often emotional to share our life like this, and we get very happy when we get feedback from you. So feel free to share a comment below 😋 

Newer post Bradgate park | Day 210 of my 2023 Journal
Older post Canterbury Cathedral | Day 208 of my 2023 Journal

Comments

Write a comment...
00:00 Recording...

Unschooling and Parent consulting, conversations, blogposts, and podcasts on family life and learning

Hi, I'm Cecilie Conrad. I'm a trained psychologist, mother of four, radical unschooler and full-time traveller. I have lived with unschooling for over a decade and help other families find their own path – whether it is about homeschooling, unschooling, or the bigger question of how you want to live as a family.

I offer guidance, conversations and talks. I call my work grandmothering – not coaching in the traditional sense, but presence, professional insight and concrete help navigating motherhood and finding your way home to your own values.

Am I the right person to help you? You can book a free discovery call, and we'll talk and figure it out.

Unschooling & Parent Consultant
Grandmothering – not coaching. Read more here

Listen to my podcasts

I share my knowledge and curiosity about family life and learning in my two podcasts.

Listen here
Listen here

Read my latest blogposts

The why revisited | Day 199 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
I am unsure why I keep writing these small stories about our travels. Some days it seems like an unnecessary chore. Writing every day about what happ…Read more
Chilling | Day 198 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
All the little things. The little things that are actually big. We did them. All day long and very far into the late evening. So it goes sometimes. …Read more
The Gent Festival | Day 197 of my 2023 Journal
This time we had a plan! No loud music, no big crowds. We went out to see the Gentfest, but the focus was to find street artists, street musicians, s…Read more
Sailing and hanging out | Day 196 of my 2023 Journal
We have friends everywhere, except where we don’t - so we go there to make new ones. A bit overwhelmed by the ones we already have, and now holding a…Read more
A Sick dog, a bit of driving, and a lovely evening | Day 195 of my 2023 Journal
A thing I find beautiful is the people! Marjan is the sister of a friend we have in El Vendrell. Marjan always said: "Just come over if you are ever …Read more
Rain, bikini-body, and container-obsession | Day 194 of my 2023 Journal
We found a campervan park at a harbor in Holland. It was full of roses and other flowers, someone attended them beautifully, harbors are always beaut…Read more
Bremen | Day 193 of my 2023 Journal
We visited the science museum Universum. It is a good one of its sort, with only one downside - the lack of oxygen! Would they please open a window?!…Read more
Moving on | Day 192 of my 2023 Journal
The core of the nomad lifestyle is to move on. Ever so often, when we go somewhere, we feel the time allocated for the place and the people are to re…Read more
The social nomad | Day 191 of my 2023 Journal
Our children are not dependent on a social field of: A) lack of trust of adults (because they always have an agenda, and they don’t trust you). B) to…Read more
Previous 1 2 3 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 48 49 50 Next
The why revisited | Day 199 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
I am unsure why I keep writing these small stories about our travels. Some days it seems like an unnecessary chore. Writing every day about what happ…Read more
Chilling | Day 198 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
All the little things. The little things that are actually big. We did them. All day long and very far into the late evening. So it goes sometimes. …Read more
The Gent Festival | Day 197 of my 2023 Journal
This time we had a plan! No loud music, no big crowds. We went out to see the Gentfest, but the focus was to find street artists, street musicians, s…Read more
Sailing and hanging out | Day 196 of my 2023 Journal
We have friends everywhere, except where we don’t - so we go there to make new ones. A bit overwhelmed by the ones we already have, and now holding a…Read more
A Sick dog, a bit of driving, and a lovely evening | Day 195 of my 2023 Journal
A thing I find beautiful is the people! Marjan is the sister of a friend we have in El Vendrell. Marjan always said: "Just come over if you are ever …Read more
Rain, bikini-body, and container-obsession | Day 194 of my 2023 Journal
We found a campervan park at a harbor in Holland. It was full of roses and other flowers, someone attended them beautifully, harbors are always beaut…Read more
Bremen | Day 193 of my 2023 Journal
We visited the science museum Universum. It is a good one of its sort, with only one downside - the lack of oxygen! Would they please open a window?!…Read more
Moving on | Day 192 of my 2023 Journal
The core of the nomad lifestyle is to move on. Ever so often, when we go somewhere, we feel the time allocated for the place and the people are to re…Read more
The social nomad | Day 191 of my 2023 Journal
Our children are not dependent on a social field of: A) lack of trust of adults (because they always have an agenda, and they don’t trust you). B) to…Read more
Previous 1 2 3 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 48 49 50 Next
See all my blogposts
Cecilie Conrad logo - dark
Cecilie Conrad logo - light
Blog
All my blogposts Unschooling 365 Days Challenge 2023
Podcast
The Ladies Fixing the World Self Directed
About me
My story - Cecilie Conrad Stay Updated: Get my Newsletter Visit my danish site CecilieConrad.dk
Consulting
Parent and unschooling support Free Discovery Call - Text me on WhatsApp Testimonials: What Others Say Prices and payment options