Sometimes it feels like all we do is scurry around from one task to another, always busy but never getting anywhere. The best way out of the rat-race feeling is to pause and regroup with a brain dump. A brain dump is the next best step for you to take if you’re feeling like: A…
You won’t remember – don’t try. When does the brilliant idea strike? When do you remember you’re desperately low on milk? It’s rarely when you’re actually sitting down, pen in hand, to make a relevant list. But if you don’t write it down right away, it’s gone. Hence, the need for ubiquitous capture. Ubiquitous capture…
Our school year is over and I know many of you are also winding up. There’s something about the last month of lessons – no matter when that last month is. The paper piles seem higher. The dust and bits seem to multiply from the corners faster. The chaos builds quicker. Maybe when your school…
Being happy at home is actually a matter of habit more than anything. The habits that rule our actions as well as those that rule our thought patterns determine whether or not we are satisfied and joyful in our work at home as homemakers.
👤Login to Convivial Circle You can love your home – and the work it requires. Others make mom life look easy, but you end the day exhausted with still so much left to do. You wish someone could show you how to stay on top of a busy household, but right now it feels impossible….
When we underestimate how much we can – or even should – do in a day or week or year, we can excuse ourselves with the label of humility. I just can’t keep my home in order. I just can’t manage my temper. Excuses are not humble. Many of us struggle with a false kind…
Most of us have unconsciously assumed the modern feminist lie that housework is menial, unfulfilling work that we should all hire out if we can. Then we wonder why we can’t get traction in that housework, no matter how many systems we try. It’s dumb work. It’s easy work. It’s mundane work. Just do it…
We look around and see the work to be done. It’s too much for us to do with the time we have available. We’ve all been there. How do we respond? Sometimes we might sigh and get on with what we can do, sad it’s not more. Sometimes we might decide to just put it…
In my part of the world, it’s still cold, gray February. Spring feels very far away. I know that when the sun comes out, I’ll want to overhaul the whole house and scrub it down…and I’ll be tempted to skip school in order to do so. Maybe it’s spring in your neck of the woods…
When I was a young mom and homemaker, I read blogs and books on keeping house better. I didn’t love housework, but I did want to do a good job. I wanted to be a good housewife, a good homemaker. I would try to do the cleaning routines promoted by bloggers. I copied lists and…