Catch a Wave

I have found the perfect theme song for unschooling. It's the Beach Boys' "Catch a wave". The chorus is:

Catch a wave and you'll be sitting on top of the world!

Ain't that the truth, metaphorically speaking! That is my version of the world anyway. The idea is to follow your interests or "waves". Some of the these will be small and inconsequential. In fact most of them will be small and will not last long or go deep. But then there will be the occasional monster wave that will take you to places you'd have never dreamed you could go. The problem is that you will not know beforehand which wave is which. Is this going to be an ephemeral interest or is this going to last longer and become something bigger? So what we are going to do is take all the waves seriously. Today it is Taekwondo and Harry Potter and robotics and soccer and whittling and stunt-biking and hiking and singing and playing spoons and writing and playing MarioKart and skateboarding. Some of these may last a lifetime; others may wither away. Who knows? For now the goal is to just catch that wave and enjoy the ride.