Stick it to the Almighty Algorithm

Eight years ago, when I was pregnant with our third son, a few years into our Montessori journey, I remember talking to my sister about starting a blog 'just to share my journey, not as an expert, but as someone who was falling in love with Montessori and wanted other people to see the beauty of it, too'

It grew from there.

But the internet has changed so much since the early days of me carving out a little space for myself and my journey here. The blog led to an Instagram page. Over my years of sharing there, it has taken more and more of my time, with more and more information drowning the space.

The internet is changing, sometimes too fast for this millennial mom.

My heart has changed a lot, too.

I find myself longing for something that feels a little more permanent than the five second reels that inundate our feeds these days. That flood our minds with quick clips, demanding everything to be easily digestible. Current. Trendy.

My friend asked me how we approach notebooking pages the other day, and I couldn't find the last time I had written about it.

I felt my message was drowned out by needing to keep up. To keep the wheels churning so the almighty algorithm would know I still exist.

But in this age of the internet trolls, I'm not even sure I want to exist there, anymore.

Now, with six kids, I am thick in my #homeschoolmomera, and I found Charlotte Mason, respectful parenting, and ultimately authorative parenting, along the way. My message has been evolving, and I want to try my hand at putting it down here - somewhere I can find it more easily. And if you want to be able to find it, too, maybe this will be a place you come, too.

As always, I don't come with the assurance of having all the answers. I just have a love of learning, six kids I want to love the best I can, a need to create (and woe is me, the creative outlet of choice will always be a keyboard), and an ever evolving idea of what it means to do those things in a way that serves my vocation, well.

Always honest,

Olivia