Budgeting time for rest and renewal
So, I’ve written about why time budgets are important and helpful and also shared the details of my own. It’s so easy to fill out that spreadsheet or
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Homemaking Encouragement for Christian Moms
Discipline & Doing the Right Next Thing
Last week I pulled up a quote from my favorite Elisabeth Elliot book, Disciple: The Glad Surrender. It has been several years since I’ve looked at it – my memory
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Teaching from Faithfulness, not Fear
Dr. Perrin, when he speaks of scholé, often uses the story of Mary and Martha to illustrate. It is easy to become the Martha – bustling and busy and distracted. More
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A "typical" homeschool week - my weekly time budget
I seem to be getting more and more “how do you do it all” questions lately. I think we’re all looking for the magic secret ingredient that will suddenly
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Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.
We really must begin with organizing our attitude before we organize anything else. We might think that making a plan and working a plan is all about the planner, the
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Be flexible with the end in mind
Flexibility. We know that’s what we need as moms. While businessmen have office doors to close and paper-based projects that stay put when they leave the room, we
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My homeschool mom checklist - a tour
If you’ve chosen a homeschool lifestyle, you have a lot to keep track of. A homeschool checklist for mom is how I do the necessary keeping track. I have
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Does your plan work or frustrate?
I think we’ve all experienced the confusion and frustration of trying to get our lives organized and under control, but feeling like we’re missing a piece somewhere. I
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Organize with the end in mind
I think we all want a little more sanity, right? Beginning with the end in mind is essential to not driving ourselves crazy. Unless we know the direction we’re
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Interval Planning for Growth
Skip the 5 year plan. Learn how interval planning helps moms make realistic short term plans grow capacity and adapt when life changes at home.
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What making my bed taught me about habits.
The backstory I was a child who hated making my bed and got away with leaving it undone as often as I could manage. I hated pointless work, and what
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Homeschool with the end in mind.
Homeschooling is a game that has to be played with the long view. When a day goes well, it’s tempting to rejoice in the assumption that we obviously got
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