Doing What's Important ⇒

September 12th, 2013 by

It seems that my priorities are changing as my kids get older. Now they are:

Health
Education

Simply put, healthy people are smarter, and properly educated people will change the word. And as I am wont to do, I have been sucking in TEDTalks and articles around "proper" learning and the "right" way to health. Healthwise, I wish more people:

ate less processed food
exercised regularly
spent their money locally
spent more time with friends and family

In terms of education, I have been thinking a lot about my kids and what is important for them. More and more I see schools not educating children properly, favouring rote testing instead of:

play
problem solving
critical thinking
actual debate
child-led learning

I would like my girls to grow up with healthy and well educated friends, sow do I help more people, especially the ones in my community, get healthier and smarter? I have been doing a lot of thinking about how to accomplish this. Christine thinks I should get involved in politics, which is a very interesting thought. Civil elections are next November.

Other options are creating either a health - or education-based business that involves my community.

I have a few ideas, but nothing concrete yet. It's a big discussion but I feel a change coming on.