Organize your attitude
YOU ARE ALWAYS TELLING YOURSELF A STORY ABOUT YOUR LIFE IS IT A TRUE STORY? Take the first step to organize your attitude:
EHAP
EHAP is the strategic move for a cleaner house – daily. Every day, we live life in our homes and things get messy. Every day, we have to reclaim order and reset our stage.
Pursue hospitality at home – Homemaking Skill #6
With all the magazines and tv shows showcasing pristine, elegant homes with clean lines and bright colors, we have an unrealistic vision for our job as homemakers. The home we are making is not the stuff of hgtv. Our homemaking is not supposed to be about creating monuments to our taste. Instead, we make homes…
Establish small routines in your home – Homemaking Skill #5
We look around our house and things are not as they should be. There’s clutter on every surface, crumbs under every table, and sticky fingerprints on every wall and window. We know we need to handle the day-to-day use of our home better. But how? Obviously, routines are the answer. But routines might not be…
Invest your time intentionally – Homemaking Skill #4
I doubt there’s a mom out there who hasn’t wished for more time in a day or another day in the week. Time is certainly our limiting factor, followed closely by energy. We want to make the most of the time we have – and that’s a good desire. But how do we do that…
Take baby steps everyday – Homemaking Skill #3
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…
Stop your internal tantrums – Homemaking Skill #2
We all probably recognize that we need more self-discipline. We look for ways to increase our willpower, our motivation, our stamina — and yet we continue to come up short. Most of the time, we’re looking for the quick-fix answers that will help us turn over a new leaf tomorrow morning. But we can look…
Tell yourself true stories – Homemaking Skill #1
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…
The Productive Christian Household
The following is adapted from my latest book, Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done. If you browse social media or even the latest books on organizing or homemaking, the primary image of the home is a place of retreat and refuge. The world is where the action is, where the paycheck comes…
“I don’t want to go to church”
It’s true: Sunday can be one of the hardest days of the week for moms. On a day called a day of rest, we’re supposed to get everyone out the door, on time in the morning, looking spiffy and feeling happy. Particularly for homeschool moms who don’t do that any day of the week but…