I was recently looking for something online and I saw a link for a post about creating the perfect homeschool schedule. May I quote Miss Alice from the television show Christy?

Perfection belongs to God.

The last thing a homeschool mom needs is anyone telling her she can create the perfect ANYTHING related to homeschooling.

Can we just strike the idea of perfect from our collective homeschool mindset?

• There is no perfect homeschool curriculum.
• There is no perfect homeschool schedule.
• There is no perfect homeschool planner.

There is no perfect anything.

There are quality products. There are effective planners. There are workable schedules. But none of these things can ever be perfect.

Perfection belongs to God.

Even if we have a really good day, can we please not say it was the perfect day?

Or the perfect weather?

Or that we’ve found the perfect anything?

Do you know why?

Because it reinforces in our mind that perfection is attainable.

Homeschool Perfection Is Not Attainable.

It reinforces in our minds that we should be on the lookout for perfect days and perfect weather and the perfect homeschool schedule that is going to solve all of our problems. And it makes anything less than perfect seem, well, less than perfect. And that is super bad, don’t you know?

Homeschooling is challenging enough without adding a layer of expected perfection.

Today can we all just rejoice in the great? Or even the really good?

Honestly, some days I’m really happy with just the adequate.

And let’s make a point of no longer using the words “perfect” and “homeschool” in the same sentence.