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In this slow living vlog, I'm sharing the boring homemaking habits that shape my home and contribute to a more peaceful and organized living space. As someone who values christian homemaking principles, I believe that it's the small, everyday tasks that can make a big difference in creating a warm and welcoming home. By embracing a slow living lifestyle, I've found that I'm more motivated to tackle homemaking tasks and create a sense of rhythm and routine in my daily life. From laundry and meal prep to cleaning and decluttering, I'm giving you a glimpse into the everyday habits that help me maintain a sense of calm and order in my home. If you're looking for homemaking motivation and inspiration to simplify your own life, then this video is for you. Join me as I share my favorite tips and tricks for creating a more intentional and peaceful living space, one slow and deliberate step at a time.
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There is a lot [music] of information on
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the internet today. Plenty of people are
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trying to be helpful and share helpful
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information and insight. However,
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[music] with so much information out
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there, you would think that by now we
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maybe have had it figured out. I think
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the problem is that nowadays everyone is
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kind of sharing the same things and
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talking about the same things. And we
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all know what happens when you just
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continue to try the same things over and
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over and then you're not actually
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getting any return from it. It makes you
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a little bit crazy. So today I'm going
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to be sharing some boring and simple
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homemaking habits that have shaped our
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home. These are things that I do
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consistently and they make the biggest
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[music] difference in our house. I'm not
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going to tell you to wash a lot of
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laundry every single day. I'm not going
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to tell you [music] to organize your
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home better, to make a better schedule.
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I'm just going to be sharing some things
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that are so simple that they are almost
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foolproof. I'm going to be [music]
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sharing these as we spend the morning
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together. I normally start my day just
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like through [music] my yard. Sometimes
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I take a walk around the neighborhood or
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I just sit down and sip my tea, have my
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daily devotions and prayers, [music] and
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then I straighten up any of the dishes
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left over from dinner and prepare
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breakfast for the day. If you have
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something to clean or cook along with
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me, go ahead and do it. This will be a
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little bit of cleaning motivation for
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you as well. But let's go ahead and get
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into the very first [music] homemaking
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habit that helps shape and run my home,
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which is my favorite one. And that is a
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Sunday reset. [music]
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I was not going to be telling you to do
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more, to do better, to schedule and
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organize better. [music] Instead, I want
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to encourage you to incorporate a day of
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rest every single week, if you can, into
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your schedule. [music]
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I have learned that this is the thing
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that is key to a successful [music] and
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peaceful and more productive week for
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me. We were never meant to always be
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>> [music]
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>> on the move, always on the go. In fact,
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if you are a Christian, the Bible
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encourage us to take a day [music] of
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rest just like the Lord rested on the
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Sabbath day. It is there because it's
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actually beneficial for our health and
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it's actually more so [music] a need
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than it is a want. So, on Sundays just
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use that day for [music] rest. I
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normally after service like to sit down
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and relax and do nothing. Dinner might
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be in the crock pot or in the slow
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cooker and I [music] will sit down, fold
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some laundry while watching a TV series.
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Lately it's been The Chosen. [music]
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I've been loving that TV series. The day
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for the most part is me kind of just
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sitting, relaxing, folding [music] in
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one spot on the bed, not doing a crazy
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full whole house clean or anything like
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that. And that day is normally a day
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that I need after a full week of
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homeschooling, [music] a full week of
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working out and exercising and meal
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prepping and all the things, gardening
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in the yard and having company over.
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Sunday is a day of rest and it feels
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amazing and it makes me a better
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homemaker for it. [music] The next one
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is I try to stay productive. Bible
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encourages us to stay busy, not to be
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lazy. And it doesn't mean that we have
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to be [music] doing things all the time
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and try to get it all done at once. But
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if you do a little bit every day, maybe
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load her a load the dishwasher, make
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your bed every single day.
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>> [music]
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>> Maybe if you prefer to do laundry every
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single day and that's your thing, then
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do that too. However, as long as in some
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shape or way you are being productive
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every day, you don't have to worry about
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everything piling up on you and becoming
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too overwhelming and now you're [music]
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in a whole house clean frenzy mode,
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which I can say from all of my previous
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experience of cleaning a whole house,
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getting it all done in one day, it's
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really not fun and if you make that the
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norm, it can drive you absolutely crazy
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and of course you're you're to be tired
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and overwhelmed. So, be productive, not
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overstretched, get some things done
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every day, stay busy to the point where
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it's not tiring, but to the point where
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everything [music] around the house
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doesn't just pile up at once. The third
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homemaking habit that [music] has shaped
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my home is decluttering. I try my best
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not to let too much clutter pile up, and
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if it does, then of course, I
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>> [music]
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>> do some decluttering, but at one point,
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I decluttered my entire home, and I
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shared that with you guys here on the
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channel, and I talk about it so much
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because decluttering has made a huge
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difference in my life. It helps me to
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steward the things that I have in my
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home well, but also, it helps [music] me
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to not be irresponsible with my
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spending, in which I'm not always
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[music] filling up my home with more
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clothes, more toys for the kids, more
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home decor, more things that I don't
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necessarily need, but instead, [music] I
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try to live a little bit more minimal
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and declutter when I can and where I
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can. Fourth [music] homemaking habit
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that has shaped my home is to make your
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home more convenient. [music]
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Make it work for you. You don't have to
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follow what every influencer is doing.
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You don't have to follow whatever is
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trending on TikTok. And if you really
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don't want to decorate your home every
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single season, don't do it because
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obviously, it's just more work. I for
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one have fallen love with decorating
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with seasonal like home decor [music]
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and everything. I normally just reuse
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the same things over and over again.
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However, when it comes to decorating my
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home, [music] I try to decorate a way
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that's more convenient than aesthetic.
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Aesthetics are beautiful as long as you
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are also doing it in a way in which it's
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[music] convenient. Put things where you
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know you're going to need them. If
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you're going to be sweeping your floor
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every single day, then put the broom
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somewhere where it's always easy [music]
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to access. Don't store it in a garage or
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down in the basement. Put it somewhere
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easy to reach for. Keep a little basket
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where you get the most clutter in your
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home. Keep a little basket in that room
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so that you can continuously put those
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things in the basket and at the end of
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the week carry it [music] and put
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everything away. Put your kitchen
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utensils where you normally use them
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often. Store your tea bags right next to
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the tea kettle. [music] This is what I
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mean when I say just do things that's
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more convenient, even if it's not the
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most aesthetic thing. [music] It's
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probably simple and it probably just
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sounds so basic. However, always making
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sure that you keep [music] it at the
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back of your mind when you are
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decorating your home or moving things
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around or doing your homemaking tasks
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helps you to stay on top of that
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convenience factor [music] and you'll
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find a way to find a balance between
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convenience and beauty and aesthetics as
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well. And then the very fifth [music]
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boring homemaking habit that shapes my
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home is slowing down, being intentional,
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and leaving room within my day. Because
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you never know what's going to come up.
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[music] You never know when a child
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might end up getting sick and you can't
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do anything that day except tend to your
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sick child. Anything can happen in the
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day. Sometimes I kind of just leave
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homemaking indoors for another day so
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that I can go outside and do homemaking
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in the garden because I prefer to be
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outside in the garden on a nice weather
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day. But if my schedule is so full, I
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don't really have time to be able to do
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the things that I enjoy and more so I
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don't have time to allow [music] God to
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order my steps and lay out my days the
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way that he best sees fit. [music] So,
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slow down in life where you can,
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simplify your schedule where you can, be
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intentional with [music] your health,
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with your days, and leave time within
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your schedule so that you can listen to
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[music] your body and actually listen to
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your family's needs. Because when you
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know what your body needs and you know
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how to take care of yourself [music]
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and you know what your family needs and
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you know how to support them and take
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care of them as well. Homemaking,
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motherhood, being a wife, it all just
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becomes a little bit easier, especially
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when you're leaving space in your day
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for God [music]
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to actually be the driver in your home.
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I hope that these boring and simple
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homemaking habits may have been helpful.
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>> [music]
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>> Try some of them, maybe they will make a
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difference in your life. Hope that this
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has helped you. If it did, don't forget
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to give [music] this video a thumbs up.
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And of course, if you are new here, go
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ahead and subscribe. I would love to
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have you here. I try to help [music]
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busy and overwhelmed moms and homemakers
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to just slow down a little bit and just
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enjoy motherhood [music] and life in
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general, doing the things that we truly
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love without the stress and overwhelm.
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Thank you guys for watching [music] this
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video, and I will see you guys in the
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next one. Happy homemaking.
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