Different strategies have worked for me during different seasons of motherhood, but the most effective has definitely been praying through my work. I'll ask the Lord to please just help me get dinner on, help me to finish such and such a task, help me to know which tasks are important enough to focus on and which ones need to be let go. I like to set a timer on my phone throughout the day to remind me to kneel down and pray. This really helps me to keep the right focus.
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@shritamthakur3262
Ай бұрын
❤
@TrekieGal
9 ай бұрын
Oh gosh. I love the idea of a designated messy time. My husband has been on a bender the last several months about always having the entire house clean, and I'm completely exhausted from trying to do it with 4 small kids + very pregnant now newborn. Misses 2 & 4 could use some messy time while I school Misses 5 & 7. You're the 3rd mom to give me the advice to not clean during nap/rest time this week. I hadn't heard it before. Apparently God really wants it drilled into my head! My tip is to start the laundry from that day at bedtime every night and switch it to the dryer when first wake up so that it can be folded and put away after breakfast.
@Maria_O
9 ай бұрын
Better to have them sit in the dryer than the washer. Wet clothes left to sit bred mildew and the such = stink. They may need to he rewashed.
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Designated messy times or designated messy places can definitely be helpful when it comes to reducing overwhelm over constant cleaning. Defining when it's most beneficial and practical to have messy playtimes, and WHERE it's most beneficial for the messy play to happen--helps put up those boundaries of "this is a beneficial mess, my kids are playing productively, and I don't have to think about this mess being cleaned up until such-and-such a time."
@Hookhamhomestead
9 ай бұрын
I keep a running distraction list. If I am doing a task and come across another task I want to do it goes on the distraction list. I am looking forward to doing a video this week on my distraction list
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Definitely handy to keep lists! I often have great 'ideas' when I'm doing something completely different...always try to jot the idea down on a list so I won't completely forget about it..ha!
@JentheBeliever
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video Rachel. I like this perspective of “it’s a job with work hours” and the set schedule times. It is a struggle for me to have firm points in my schedule. It has been great to include my 2yo in emptying the dishwasher (we created a system when our 6yo was little that made it possible for her to be able to put away roughly half of the dishes within her reach, and the 2yo is great at it!) and also including her and the 6yo in loading the washing machine and transferring the dryer. For me a struggle is identifying the jobs that I should just do myself and not expect my 6yo to do on her own, because she lingers or gets distracted. So the most successful thing we’ve done is to not leave the dishes unwashed overnight and (most days) start a load of laundry every morning. I think something I’ve been wanting to implement is evening cleaning, because I cannot seem to have time to get the house picked up before dinner. But I’s like to try having all 4 of us cleanup in the evening after dinner, so my husband and I aren’t doing it after the girls go to bed. I cannot fathom having time to do it before dinner and get the cooking done all before my husband gets off work. Sounds wonderful, but I don’t know how to get there 😅.
@SevenInAll
8 ай бұрын
Having group cleaning sessions with the whole family working together can be very effective! As the kids get older, they'll gradually be able to handle more, so it will come more easily in a different season--right now, my boys are old enough that they can handle general pick up (pick up any toys lying around, put chairs/etc back where they belong) while I'm cooking dinner but any real cleaning--bathrooms, mopping, etc. is something we need to do together.
@RockSimmer-gal4God
9 ай бұрын
My God mum has 20 kids and homeschools and when I was a teenager she was asked by a friend this question and said my house is a home not a fancy house and not every thing will be picked up!!! We don’t do chores but everyone pitches in from my kindergartener to us!! The youngest doesn’t yet tho as she’s a baby!!! My God sisters cooked as teens till they left home and my teenagers love to cook so we let them!!! I love to buy stuff to make dinner easier like prepared veggies or potatoes that are prepared!!! I’m looking more closely at the moment when buying these as we are currently in Hawaii and American supermarkets put unhealthy ingredients in which I don’t want us to eat!!! At home we love messy spaces!!! I tell my Teens to shut their hotel room as it’s next to us and the diving door shows their mess!!! Including little kids has made it easier for my older kids to do their chores and they choose their chores now!!!
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Yes, getting kids started with learning the skills and tasks of housekeeping at a young age really sets them up to be skilled in these needed areas later on.
@elizabethlotus4214
9 ай бұрын
Great topic
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Maria_O
9 ай бұрын
Setting a timer is so beneficial. We only have a finite time available each day. Working on things even just a few minutes a day, keeps us marching towards our goals. Gotta remember to set the timer of course. And stop when the timer goes off!
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Yes, many people benefit from using timers to tackle at least a chunk of a larger task.
@priscillaramos3033
9 ай бұрын
Having a to do list with Priorities highlighted has been really helpful to get the most important things done first
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
Yes, identifying key priorities and must-dos for each day helps a lot with reducing getting 'frozen' over trying to decide what to do next. A lot of what I do tends to naturally fall into certain times--things I can get done with the kids, or things I need to do when my husband is available to watch our kids (i.e. filming videos...I can only do that at very specific times!)
@katrinakim4145
9 ай бұрын
Great ideas! Thank you so much. 🙂
@SevenInAll
9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@EARN-750-DAILY_JOB_FOR_U
9 ай бұрын
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." *Dale Carnegie
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