In this social media era we are lost in admiring others. This can lead your mental mindset down a dark hallway to another mess! Every household is different from finances to time. Those people you admire on social media might not have a drop on their kitchen counters but spent all morning screaming at their kids! Everything looks great online.
I am in charge of the house, groceries, kids, teaching all the things. My husband has a very physical job and is usually wiped at the end of the day. It would always bother me how much more everyone could accomplish. Well yeah so and so can accomplish more because her husband drove the oldest to baseball, now so and so has time to clean up the kitchen. Or husbands that work at home that can pitch in a little during the day. Possibly influencers that are both home all day and tackle tasks together. While this is awesome for them, take some helpful tips and move on. If you’re not learning or it’s not speaking to you MOVE ON!
As homemakers we need to be in reality. If you’re like me and run the show make a list of your daily activities. Look at it very hard if you’re feeling overwhelmed then cut something out if possible. Otherwise as much as I would love cutting Tuesday completely out of my week, address the chaos and limit the chaos by a routine.
Tuesday is a physical therapy appointment for a child, grocery shopping, and any other errands day. It becomes a lot with a lot of ground covered. In the morning I do laundry before I leave just one load usually a quick wash so I have time to get in the dryer and dried before I leave. Kids unload the dishwasher 1st thing, breakfast, pack snacks and make sure the Roomba is ready to go. We get home my one child lets the dogs out back so we can easily unload the groceries, everyone works on getting groceries put away. I will go into laundry room and fluff my clothes or sometimes just pull them out and sort into their baskets and hangers. (See the never ending laundry page.).
Usually we get back in time to accomplish some of our curriculum. But this is Tuesday- small things like laundry in the early morning (changing the cycle setting to fit my schedule). And small routine things like emptying the dishwasher 1st thing. These small things add up!
And to those mommas in the thick of it. If what you’re looking at doesn’t bring joy, peace, encouragement or positive inspiration STOP looking at it!
You are you! Your plate is different than others. Your kids needs are different, your spouse is different, your finances are different. And that’s OKAY! Ultimately seek Holy Spirit to show you what small things you could change to add up to be big things.
Simplify Homemaking 