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Planning High School Courses Strategically

Planning high school courses can feel overwhelming for so many reasons. What math courses are best if you want to go to a certain college? What science track is best if you want to pursue a career in medicine? How many AP classes should a teen take, and which AP courses matter to which universities […]

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College Planning… and so it begins

With one son in high school and the other in middle school, the time has come for us to start looking ahead a college planning and college admissions, and those formidable university years. Specifically: 1. Will my sons be accepted into a great school where they can learn, grow, thrive, excel? 2. Will my husband […]

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The 12 Week Year

New Year’s resolutions come and go, and for the most part, while I tend to only make a few and usually stick to them for a bit, do seem a bit…. ineffective? Maybe because I only make them once a year, and feel some weird need to wait until January 1st to start, or maybe […]

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It’s ok to not own ALL the pretty things…

This time of year, we tend to shop a lot. Even minimalists like myself might spy a gorgeous piece of decor or an item that I didn’t know I needed (or even existed) until I saw it on display, and suddenly I felt like it would solve a lot of problem. It probably would not […]

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