This is 5 week self-paced class with PDF's, quizzes, and video lessons. Together we’ll design a personal curriculum that helps you stay grounded in growth. My goal is to help you rediscover curiosity, create a learning rhythm that feels doable, and reconnect with the joy of growing for its own sake.
How to Build a Personal Curriculum
Here’s what you can expect from each session:
Lesson #1 - How to Set Up Your Personal Curriculum
- Why create a Personal Curriculum?
- 5 ways a personal curriculum can positively impact your life
- the science behind challenging your mind and engaging in higher-level cognitive tasks
- the 4 study types and how to use them to help you
- nitty gritty details on Home Base Texts
- how, why, and what to do with them (with detailed examples)
- saying “yes” to side-quests and what that looks like
- how to let the emotional and intellectual work together
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Lesson #2 - Making It Happen: How To Plan It Out
- the 7 key elements of a syllabus and how to make them work for you
- deciding on a time frame that works for you
- How to divide up material to make a reasonable plan.
- autonomy: you get to decide what your pace looks like
- pausing to notice growth and progress (how & why)
- policies - written with self kindness in mind
“The purpose of well-rounded planning is to keep your interest alive and your learning layered.”
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Lesson #3 - Roadblocks: Crazymakers & Making Space
5 Practical Steps for Making Space for Rest & Learning
- Who are Crazymakers and how do they create harm in my life?
- specific examples and details to understand what they do
- how to love others while also taking care of ourselves
- simple tips that provide structure for when you want it
- concrete ways to eliminate decision fatigue
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Lesson #4 - The 9 Invisible Rules Holding Us Back
- my recovering from burnout approach
- how Hyper-Instrumentalization is killing creative work
- guidelines in stiving for excellence
- applying the idea that: “when you improve what you care about, you get better problems and a better life”
- my book DNF policy
- expectations, mindsets, and cultural pressure that mess us up
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Lesson #5 - The Secrets to Momentum
- my #1 tip to making quick progress
- building practices that sustain you
- how to clarify thinking and spot blind spots
- serendipity & synchronicity
- 6 reasons why we celebrate
- rewards that deepen your learning
- practical ideas from someone who struggles to have fun
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Each class session contains:
- 📝free PDF lists and downloads
- discussion questions
- opportunities to interact with the community
- interactive quizzes
- simple action steps