Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms

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Learn how to create a simple home cleaning plan using index cards with Abby Wahl. This method is perfect for busy households looking to stay organized and on top of their cleaning routine. Say goodbye to chaos and hello to a clean, organized home!
Abby Wahl shares how she's reduced distractions and screen time on her phone by keeping track of everything in her life on index cards. She's using templates from  @timeandtideplansto keep her cleaning routine, task lists, weekly plans, and more! 

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Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

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A single, simple index card planner is a better tool to organize your life than any app out there! Learn how: https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard

Learn how to organize your life without using any apps! In this video, I'll show you how to use index cards to plan and stay organized. As a busy stay-at-home mom looking to streamline your life, this index card organization system will help you stay on track and get more done each day.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

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How many times have you scoured the internet, browsed Pinterest, or binged YouTube, looking for the next best tip or secret for a clean home? You want a clean home, fast, but no tips seem to work and no routines seem to stick. Oh, yeah, I've been there, done that.

Have you spent as much working any of those home cleaning tips as researching them?

Ouch. I know. But the truth is that any routine for a clean home will work if you do.

However, there's a huge temptation we absolutely must resist. It is a plague for those of us who tend to be both overambitious and overwhelmed - at the same time. We can teeter-totter between having everything together and totally giving it all up as impossible. This is the dreaded boom and bust cycle.

The boom and bust cycle is hard on moms. It's hard on families. It's not a good cycle or a good plan.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

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Learn to love what must be done: https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep
Need more cleaning motivation? Hate housework? Frustrated with chores? Here's the problem...

First, we can feel angry while we clean the house when we focus on finishing or being done with the work and then — too soon after we “finish” — we have to do it again.

It’s easy to blame the kids or even our husband for undoing the work, for making messes again, for needing more food or more laundry. When we see housework as a thing we’re supposed to finish, check the work off as done, then the people in our house feel like a problem. We finished the work, but because of others, the work has to be done again.

The problem in such cases is only our perspective, not the other people and not the work. We have a wrong view of the nature of housework and the nature of life. We don’t understand our position in relation to our home and family life.

**The work of keeping a home is not work that ever stays done. **

That’s not a discouraging statement if we look at it rightly.
Read more here:  https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/housework-makes-me-mad/

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Sweep and Smile starts April 10 - https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep

You know how we always talk about how overwhelming chores and housework can be? It doesn’t have to be that way. You can manage housework in a whole new way.
It's not about finding the perfect cleaning checklist. It’s actually about changing our attitude towards housework. Instead of dreading it, we can find joy in it. 

Can you imagine? Enjoying responsibilities like doing the dishes or vacuuming? No? Then take a listen to today’s episode: a clip from last year’s Sweep & Smile kickoff call.

Sweep & Smile emphasizes fixing our attitude about chores while doing what needs to be done. 

Life throws curveballs, right? But with the right mindset and some basic practices, we can easily adapt our cleaning routines and keep things running smoothly.

The best part? 'Sweep and Smile' isn't about striving for perfection. It's about finding joy in the process and making our routines manageable. No need to stress about having a picture-perfect home all the time.

Sweep & Smile is all about community support, sharing insights, and learning together. Join us! https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Get my free homeschool checklist templates: https://simplyconvivial.com/checklists

I couldn't keep my homeschool running and organized and on track without checklists for me as the teacher and checklists for each student being homeschooled, but that doesn't mean I haven't made mistakes along the way! There are wrong ways to use checklists and bad ways to depend on them. Here are the major mistakes I've made while homeschooling with checklists so that you don't have to!

1. Making all the homeschool checklists up front at the beginning of the school year.
2. Start creating new homeschool checklists from scratch every week.
3. Using shorthand and shortcuts on the checklists while homeschooling
4. Letting student checklists roam free and loose - checklists need a home!
5. Not looking at each kids' checklists - if mom doesn't look at them, neither will the kids.

Blog posts about homeschooling teens - 
How to homeschool a tween: https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/how-to-homeschool-a-tween-a-survival-guide-for-moms/
Homeschool Advice: https://simplyconvivial.com/2018/homeschool-advice-inspect-expect/
Twelve-year olds are persons too: https://simplyconvivial.com/2018/twelve-year-olds-are-persons-too/
The Stages of Homeschooling: https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/the-stages-of-homeschooling/

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Get my free homeschool checklist templates: https://simplyconvivial.com/checklists

Every homeschooling mom's dream is to have independent learners who just do their own work and love learning - every day. Yes, that's a dream. The dream is different from the reality. Checklists aren’t a tool where we offload our responsibility onto our kids. But they are a tool that lets us train them in diligence if we keep up our end of the diligence.

Raising an independent learner is more than handing a checklist to a kid and telling him to do it. It takes time, coaching, and consequences after mistakes for kids to learn. There are age-appropriate stages for expecting independent work. Learn more about proper expectations when it comes to homeschooling with checklists in this video!

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
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Get my homeschool checklist templates: https://simplyconvivial.com/homeschool-checklist/

As a homeschool mom, it's important to stay organized and on top of things. In this video, I'll share the THREE kinds of checklists that have helped me stay organized and efficient in our homeschooling journey. From lesson plans to weekly accountability with our students, these checklists are a game-changer for any homeschool mom. Watch now for homeschooling tips from Mystie Winckler!

Simplify doesn’t mean doing as little as possible. 

We don’t want to be like the worst version of our students, getting away with as little as possible. But we also don’t want to be idealist dreamers, planning for so much more than is actually possible.

Have a purpose for everything you assign. 

Avoid busy work. Will having done this work make a difference in the child’s education? Will both of you be happy in ten years that you did it. You will be when it comes to reading good books, having meaningful discussions, learning important skills.Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Free homeschool checklist templates: https://simplyconvivial.com/checklists

Math, science, history, handwriting, spelling, reading - all the subjects for each one of the kids. How’s a mom to keep track of it all? NOT IN YOUR HEAD! On a checklist - a checklist for you, checklists for the kids, a checklist for everyone. Let’s talk all things homeschool checklists!

Get organized with these homeschool checklist tips! From curriculum planning to daily routines, these checklists will keep your homeschooling on track and stress-free. Watch now for easy ways to stay organized and efficient in your homeschool journey!

What’s on mom’s checklist? What’s on the kids’ checklist? Let’s talk about what goes on each of these three different checklists in the next video, right here.

You can’t keep track of things in your head. It’s not what your head is for.

Checklists only work if you look at them and use them to inform your choices.

Checklists take time and training and consequences - for us as well as kids. Are we willing to do the work? It’s not as simple as just telling the kids what to do and then - ta da!

In fact, we can’t all be working from the same checklist. Everyone in the homeschool ages 8 and up should have their own….next video!

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
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Free habit guide for busy moms: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit

Want to know if you're being lazy or productive? In this video, I'll share the top habits of a successful homemaker and how you can build them in 2024. Discover the habits of a successful homemaker. Learn the habits every homemaker needs to stay organized, productive and on top of things!

Get mom-life management and organization coaching & community inside Convivial Circle - https://convivialcircle.com

If you struggle with productivity and organization in your homemaking, then this video is for you. Discover the key habits that will help you create a more fulfilling and efficient home life. From decluttering to meal planning to time management, we'll cover everything you need to know to become a successful homemaker. Don't miss out on these tips from Mystie Winckler!

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Free habit-building guide: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit

Join me as I share my daily habits as a Christian homemaker after 20 years! From cleaning routines to meal planning to spiritual practices, these are the habits that have helped me thrive in my role as a homemaker for over a decade. Whether you're a new homemaker or have been homemaking for years, these habits are essential for creating a peaceful and fulfilling home.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

FREE GUIDE - Put together a complete habit & practice it: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit

As a homemaker, it can be challenging to balance household responsibilities with personal time. In this video, I'm sharing 10 one-minute habits that have helped me stay productive and organized as a homemaker. From planning to housework to self-care, these habits are essential for any homemaker looking to make the most out of their day. Get ready to transform your daily routine and become a more efficient homemaker!

TEN ONE-MINUTE HABITS FOR EVERY HOMEMAKER:
1. Make your bed - if it takes longer you’re doing it wrong!
2. Drink a glass of water
3. Look at your calendar
4. Set out your Bible and notebook the night before
5. One-minute EHAP - with everyone!
6. Write a daily card
7. Wipe down your island of sanity
8. Putting your phone away in a different room
9. Don’t leave a room without grabbing something that needs to go with you
10. Smile at your kids

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
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As a Christian homemaker, I'll share my life-giving habits, including self-care and sabbath, to help you thrive in the home without feeling guilty. Find balance and peace in your homemaking habits with these tips!

Free how to build a habit guide: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit

As a Christian homemaker, it's important to keep the right kind of self-care and a day of rest -- without guilt. 

In this video, Mystie shares life-giving habits and tips for balancing homemaking and self-care, including the importance of taking a Sabbath and finding time for rest and rejuvenation. Discover how to create a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle as a homemaker in this video.
Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Donehttps://www.simplifiedorganization.com➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Free guide to setting up smart personal habits: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit/

There is so much to do as a mom at home - the more kids, the more there is to do. Homeschool? Work? Hospitality? Sports - we all have our special combo of life we’re juggling. How do you juggle without losing your mind? It is possible. These 5 habits will help you keep it all together.

Habit #1 - Write it down, right away.
Habit #2 - Center your thoughts with an alignment card.
Habit #3 - Limit your daily to-do list to 3 items.
Habit #4 - Take 10 minutes to EHAP every day.
Habit #5 - Smile!

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

One year homemaking makeover: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Homemaking and living organized is harder than we thought it'd be, but it's not outside our reach. We just need to be willing to take baby steps and build our skills and capacity gradually. There is no quick fix solution or overnight success when it comes to home management.

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Find the article on Simply Convivial: https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/the-nerve-to-be-mom/

Moms often lack the nerve to be the leader with their kids, but the truth of the matter is that Mom’s ability to homeschool is dependent not primarily on her own level of knowledge, but on her level of leadership and backbone with her kids. You can outsource teaching as a homeschooler, but you can’t outsource the role of Headmaster.

I want to help equip moms to be better leaders of their children, better mothers and educators who are willing to put up with temporary resistance for the long-term good of their people.

Makeover your home management skills and mindset: https://simplyconvivial.com/membership

When we want to be sure we’re spending time in the Word and starting our day with prayer, we very easily slip into idealistic vision-chasing.

We imagine our morning devotions should

be the very first thing we do in the morningbe done before the kids are awaketake at least thirty minutes, but maybe sixtyinclude a stack of booksbe comfy-cozy with warm light, a hot beverage, and earth tone midliners and a gentle candle flickering

So then when our mornings begin by being tossed from bed by a crying infant, when we don’t have ten minutes together without being interrupted, when we never make it to our candle-lit reading corner, we wind up never actually beginning the day with prayer and Scripture.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t need to have the perfect setting before we can fly to the Lord for daily sustenance. Such desperate, mid-action flight is more biblical than a cozy morning corner with scented candles, too.

Join Ready5 by enrolling in Convivial Circle: https://simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

The Ready5 Annual Review will help you recognize where you're at, what your family needs right now, and make a baby-step plan for momentum and progress in 2024.

What even are routines and why do they rarely stick? Let’s figure that out together!
Build personalized routines to keep your house in order: https://www.simplyconvivial.info/sweep-smile

Makeover your routines & your attitude about them: https://www.simplyconvivial.info/sweep-smile

Routines are not a once and done kind of thing, like "I have the program, now watch me go!" So if you were expecting your routines to just going to be put in place and make life effortless, but they don't, it's not because you're doing something wrong.

Do you need to overcome unrealistic expectations for your home management system? Our 6-week program Sweep & Smile walks you through both setting up a minimum viable home routine AND changing what your internal narrator has to say about housework. Improve your basic routines AND change your attitude about those routines with Sweep & Smile. We start another live accountability group through the program on October 13. Register today: https://www.simplyconvivial.info/sweep-smile

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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🏆 Enroll in Simply Convivial Continuing Education and get practical life management mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
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Choosing 3 most-important tasks each week is a shortcut to getting more of the right things done, but the temptation is to overthink the choice so much that we never get around to actually choosing and moving forward.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Simply Convivial Continuing Education and get practical life management mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Overwhelmed? Let me help with this free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com

With a million different things to do, it's so easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. But we all know we're not the wives, mothers, homemakers we want to be when we're overwhelmed. There is a way out. When we feel the stress mount, the distractions fly, and the responsibilities come crashing in, we can respond with calm joy instead of panicked overwhelm. 

Let me explain how in my free workshop How to Answer Overwhelm. Just go to AnswerOverwhelm.com to register for the free workshop and get instant access. I'll also send you a few followup emails encouraging you to replace overwhelm with cheerful diligence. We can do this. Head to AnswerOverwhelm.com today.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Simply Convivial Continuing Education and get practical life management mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Change the story you tell yourself about your life. Make it a true story: https://www.simplyconvivial.info/story

I spent so many years trying to get my bearings, get a grip, figure out the routines, and make things run smoothly. I mothered with intensity. I did not keep house with intensity. I meditated on the word convivial and how to get out of my own head so I could build a home and life where we all enjoyed one another.

I educated my children to take initiative, to think, to problem-solve for themselves, not to accept commands unthinkingly. And I was frustrated when their practice attempts were aimed at me. Instead of noticing that they were stretching their muscles toward proper independence and directing it with joy, I strategized over how to make my own life easier.

But an easy life isn’t the goal of our mothering. The goal of life isn’t to find or make the easy road. Sanctification for God’s glory is the goal, both for us and for our children, which makes it also the goal for our mothering.

You can also read this as an article on Simply Convivial: https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/motherhood-as-investment/

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Simply Convivial Continuing Education and get practical life management mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Get a homemaking makeover: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Simplified Organization is my signature online course that will walk you through getting your life in order. In the process, we learn that the biggest thing that needs to be ordered is our attitude - and we take concrete steps to do that.

Organizing our attitude might be the biggest thing that needs to be organized, but it's certainly not the only thing.

While walking through mindset shifts and attitude adjustments, we also set up a life management system:

and more!

When putting our home management skills and practices in order is paired with attitude and mindset centering, we grow in resilience, competency, and joy - not because we have it all together at last, but because we know how to handle the life that comes to us.

If life feels too hard, if your home feels too out of control, or if you just feel like you aren't "up to snuff" - Simplified Organization will give you the makeover - in attitude and skill - that you need.

Join today and find out how you can get extra help implementing the strategies over the next school year 2023 - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Learn to love being a homemaker! Start Simplified Organization Community Coaching: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Housework is not drudge work to get through as quickly as possible. Take a step back, get perspective, and engage with your role and responsibilities.

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Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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Reclaim your house from chaos and love being a homemaker: https://simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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This is just a small sample of the community wisdom we have going on all the time inside Convivial Circle. I hope this snippet is a blessing to you.

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God cares about us and superintends even the details. This reality is the basis for our gratitude, which is our motivation. 

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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Play Baby Step Bingo with us in July! https://simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Change things up in your routine and blast out of the blahs by seeing how you're winning while taking small baby steps.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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Perfectionism is getting in the way of your weekly review in insidious ways. Learn how to overcome perfectionism and find a baby step weekly review that works for you.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

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Overcome perfectionism and start with baby steps as you work on organizing and planning. A 'weekly review', which is a practice to continually iterate, allows us to grasp our plans and obligations for the upcoming week. 

An integral part of this process is identifying and addressing 'open loops'. Coined by David Allen, 'open loops' refer to uncertainties, obligations, or commitments in one's life that are undefined and might be causing stress or anxiety. They are the things that are on one's mind but are not being actively addressed. 

The first step in tackling these open loops is by ‘brain dumping’, which involves writing down all the things that are occupying your mind. This practice helps make them specific rather than vague, reducing the feeling of overwhelm. 

The next step is to focus on particular issues among these open loops, and take baby steps to address them. Essentially, regular brain dumping and reviewing of these lists in a weekly review can lead to better organization and reduction of stress.

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Women were created by God, in his image, with biological distinctions that separate and distinguish them from men. God not only created humans, male and female, but He also created work for them. In the perfect garden, mankind had a job. Because God made both women and work, we must look to Scripture to determine what makes up women's work.

Unfortunately, many women, especially Christian women, struggle with home management, motherhood, and figuring out what they ought to be doing. There is a lack of direction and instruction in the Christian world today for women who want to be faithful to Christ in their homes. The gospel touches and transforms our whole lives, bringing us into greater conformity with God's revealed will.

Both men and women have the duty to love God with all their hearts, minds, and strength. Both have the call and ability to know God more deeply and personally through prayer, Scripture, and corporate worship. The fruit of the Spirit applies equally to both men and women, but the opportunities and expression of that fruit will be different. God made men and women different by nature and gives them different roles so that we better image the glory and complexity of God Himself.

The Bible has much to say about the duties of women, with one passage giving us a comprehensive glimpse of our job description: Titus 2:3-5. God makes it clear that real kingdom work is done through families in homes. Women are not to stay home in order to keep small. Instead, God tells women to cultivate a fruitful life from their own home base because they are the cultivators of beauty and glory and the home is the best place to build beauty and glory. 

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The rise of social media has been a double-edged sword for many of us. On the one hand, it's never been easier to keep in touch with friends and family from all around the world, but on the other hand, social media can also have some significant negative effects on our mental and emotional health, as well as our relationships. This is especially true for homeschooling moms, who may find themselves constantly comparing their own lives to the seemingly perfect lives of others on platforms like Instagram.

The problem with Instagram, in particular, is that it works as a comparison machine. When we scroll through our feed, we're bombarded with images of other people's lives, which our minds then evaluate and analyze. If the photo seems acceptable, our minds register it as good, which can then lead to feelings of obligation. For example, if we see a picture of someone's perfectly organized kitchen, we may feel like we should be doing more to improve our own living spaces.

The images we see on Instagram can also shape our conception of normal, which can be a good thing when it comes to passing down cultural practices from one generation to the next. However, in the world of social media, our perception of what's normal is more shaped by what other people choose to post online than by interpersonal interactions in physical social contexts.

For homeschooling moms, the constant exposure to images of other people's homeschooling experiences can be especially problematic. We may find ourselves constantly comparing our own homeschooling practices to those of others, which can lead to feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. Additionally, we may start to view our own lives through the lens of Instagram, constantly thinking about what's "Instagrammable" and how we can document our own experiences to make them look better on social media.

To avoid these negative effects, it's important for homeschooling moms to be mindful of their social media usage. Try going a week without looking at or posting on Facebook or Instagram, and see if you notice any unhealthy patterns of relating that you didn't even realize were happening. Remember, Instagram is just a highlight reel of someone's life, and it's not a true reflection of what life is really like. So, take a step back, and focus on what really matters - building meaningful relationships with your family and creating a fulfilling homeschooling experience for yourself and your children.
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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 plans from magazines. I asked friends who had clean houses how they did it.

But having a clean house just seemed like one of those things that was not going to happen for me. I would go in fits and spurts, but no routines or consistent level of cleanliness ever stuck.

The only thing I was master of was the boom and bust cycle: Go on a cleaning frenzy, make a ton of progress all in a day, collapse exhausted from the effort, and wake up sad the next day that the work all had to be done again.

What I know now, nearly twenty years later, is that I was missing two things: 1) an unconscious preference for neatness and 2) an understanding of the nature of cleaning.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
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➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me! 
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I bet I’m not the only one who has stood in the middle of the house, staring. Everywhere I looked, there was a task screaming for my attention. Every room needed to be decluttered, cleaned, and organized. It felt like there wasn’t a single thing that was the way it was supposed to be.

The to-do is so long, it’s impossible to know where to start. And that’s just the written to-do list. The mental to-do list, kept in my head, was even longer. It left me feeling a sense of impending doom. There was no such thing as catching up. I had zero chance of even knowing, much less doing, all the things I ought to be doing.

If you find yourself in a similar place, where you have multiple responsibilities, all with many duties, many tasks, some urgent, some important, many unlisted and possibly unknown, so that you feel overwhelmed by life, there is hope.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me! 
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

🏆 Enroll in Simply Convivial Continuing Education and get practical life management mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm