Be a happy homemaker.

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Be a happy homemaker.

FromSimply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms

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7 minutes

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Nov 14, 2016

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Many of us are task-driven. We want to see things done, accomplished, finished. This is what the world tells us is productivity. In this view, homemaking 101 would simply be about menial skills.

Released:

Nov 14, 2016

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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Short focus sessions for busy Christian moms who want to manage their homes & lives for the glory of God – and enjoy it, too! Organize your attitude, get stuff done, and love God.

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Living from Rest: To truly cultivate arts – including those of reading, thinking, and discussing – we must have a space apart from the cares of marketing, buying, and selling. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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Interval Planning: Keep laser focus: Leverage the interval training technique in your personal life by setting up your calendar in intervals and planning goals accordingly. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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The Simple Life: Often when we plan out our goals, we think in year-long chunks of time, either personal goals in January or academic goals in August. If you’ve ever done this, perhaps you’ve noticed that it’s really difficult to keep those goals. But now I’ve found an wa by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
15 min listen
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Language by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
13 min listen
A reasonably clean house: Have you yet discovered Auntie Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter? She has a great series called The Reasonably Clean House.Keeping things clean does not come naturally to me, but I cannot shake the idea (try as I might) that it is an area I am to grow i by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
Interval Planning: Take a restful break: Breaking up your year into intervals is a simple way to sharpen your focus and stay engaged with projects and the things that need to be done to keep life at home rolling along. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
Realistic Goal Setting: Interval Training: Often when we plan out our goals, we think in year-long chunks of time, either personal goals in January or academic goals in August. If you’ve ever done this, perhaps you’ve noticed that it’s really difficult to keep those goals. A cycle I’m familiar wit by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
5 min listen
EHAP, a tidy-house strategy: We have a small practice that saves the state of our house, almost every day. It’s simple and effective – as long as we do it. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
A Life of Repentance: The world recommends setting SMART (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, timely) goals, where the focus is on achieving measurable results. But, doesn’t the Bible focus more on obedience and trust? And aren’t so many of the things we strive for a by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
15 min listen
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Learner: Law of the Learner — A learner is one who attends with interest to the lesson. Therefore, gain and keep the attention and interest of your students; do not teach without attention. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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Cheerful Chore Challenge: We moderns tend to compartmentalize our lives, thinking of what we do – and who we are as we do them – as unrelated segments and pieces. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
What novels taught me about cleaning house: Housework seemed like a stupid waste of time. And I hated wastes of time and stupidity, so I triply hated housework. I’m not going to say that I love those routines now or that I totally rock them, because I don’t. But I am learning to love them. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
Daily Faithfulness: Faithfulness doesn’t imply large, impressive deeds. Faithfulness does not evaluate how a duty ranks in the public eye or whether or not the duty will earn credit; faithfulness steadily fulfills its calling. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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Daily Faithfulness: Festina Lente, or Faithfulnesspart of the Education Is for Life seriesThis series was inspired by Chrisopher Perrin’s great webinars on the principles of classical education. One of my favorites so far was his “deep dive” into the principle Festina Lente. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
15 min listen
What professional moms need: A weekly review is a common business productivity recommendation, the best tip for how to organize your life, and a practice I encourage in my course Simplified Organization. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Lesson by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
15 min listen
The Law of the Teaching Process: Law of the Teaching Process — Teaching is arousing the pupil to use his own mind to master the thought or art. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
15 min listen
SO002 | Interval Planning: Making an Interval Plan: Welcome to The Simplified Organization Audio Blog! Releasing weekly on Mondays, this podcast gives you short and punchy action items and mindset resets. Check out the podcast page here and please leave a review. Thanks!Season 1: Interval PlanningMake inte by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
7 min listen
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of Review by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
13 min listen
Interval Planning: Grow your capacity.: The problem with much of the productivity and planning advice out there is that it begins with a vision for a 5-year outcome. When we as mothers at home try to do that, we are rather at a loss. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
Start with a Brain Dump: Write it all down and get all your swirling, swimming thoughts out of your head and onto paper. You’ll be amazed at how simply writing it all out will calm you down and bring you clarity. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
4 min listen
Why clean the house? by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
A Liberal Arts Education: The liberal arts are not seven topics to study, but seven paths that prepare us for thinking, for philosophy, for virtue, for life. They are the prerequisite skills for an understanding of the world. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
11 min listen
Clean House with the End in Mind: If you’re like me, you try – at least occasionally – to become better, more effective, more competent in your roles and responsibilities at home. And then after a period of trying, you peter out because it turns out it’s quite exhausting to grow and chang by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
7 min listen
Review Required Every Week: Regular review is the absolute key to maintaining a sense of organization. You have to look at your lists to make them happen, and that looking over is called a review. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
7 min listen
What Is Classical Education? by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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Interval Planning: An example holiday plan: I’m a proponent of making short-term plans and goals – ones that can be tracked and kept top-of-mind easily. I call it ‘interval planning’ because I think it’s like interval training: Go all out for a short amount of time, then take a rest period, and you by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
6 min listen
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Learning Process: Law of the Learning Process — Learning is reproducing in one’s own mind the truth to be grasped. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
13 min listen
Seeking or Seeming? by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
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7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Teacher: Law of the Teacher — The teacher must know that which he would teach. Therefore, teach from a full mind and a clear understanding. by Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms
12 min listen

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Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms