Adults through the Phases- OR- Surprise! You're in Core Phase!

Posted July 18th, 2008 by Jocie M

I recently purchased the MP3 of Julie Earley's speech on adults in the phases at the AYLI website ($4) from the '08 forum. I had listened to another speech of hers that impressed me. There are many TJedRefers generally to the concepts presented in the book A Thomas Jefferson Education, written by Dr. Oliver DeMille. We also have an Introduction to Thomas Jefferson Education available elsewhere on this site. ladies who know what I am going through better than I know myself! I wanted to make sure I had a healthy Lof L phase, so this is why I wanted to listen to this talk, to figure out how to get one. But I discovered as I listened that I am still in Core Phase. And rather than embarrassement, I feel relief. This explains why I have been struggling with the assignments I have been giving myself (as soon as I told myself I had to write a paper, that pretty much killed all interest).

She emphasises that this does not mean I will stay in this phase forever- I can enjoy it, work hard on it, seek inspiration, etc, and one day I will wake up in Lof L. And the same thing will happen for Scholar phase. One day, if I keep on, I will WANT to do the things that are difficult for my education, and that zeal I have been looking for to keep me at my studies will come.

Sometimes I do feel like I am treading water, though. Re-learning the same core- phase lesson!

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Hi Josie!

On July 21st, 2008 rachel said:

You know, you are not alone!

My most frustrating days are the ones where the holes in my Core Phase are showing! *bleh*

I agree that knowing that I can still work on Core Phase issues is a huge comfort. It's easy to get frustrated with ourselves, and feel overwhelmed by how much we "need to do," but luckily the Lord can make up for a lot of our short-comings. I must admit, I cling to that thought! ;-) LOL!

Hugs,
Rachel Keppner
"ASPIRE to INSPIRE before you EXPIRE!"

yup, me too

On July 22nd, 2008 HFWM said:

I am also dealing with phase issues. I want to be in scholar phase and yet I have my mission here and now (for me a huge part of my mission is my 7 children). I'm better prepared than I could have been, since my parents stressed being a good example.

You know, it's possible that my conscious efforts to go through the phases is part of showing my children what the phases should look like, since I wasn't raised with this notion. I hope they're taking notes!