Three things that I’ve done that has changed the trajectory of my homemaking journey.

When I became a mom and a wife, I was super young. I didn’t know what I was doing, I mean half the time I still don’t but recently I’ve had a change in perspective.

Before this mindset shift, everything was just very overwhelming, chaotic, and anxiety started to creep in. I was slowly filling up with resentment and I felt like everything was falling apart. I felt like a terrible mom and wife.

The thing that changed for me was a completely new perspective on how I view what it means to a mom and wife. Homemaking is something that I’ve discovered, and it’s helped me to be more intentional about taking care of not only my family, but my overall home.

In this blog post, I will share some of the things that helped propel me in my homemaking journey. I encourage you to keep reading and I hope these tips help you as much as they’ve helped me.

Implementing Daily Habits

When I started to feel resentment and overwhelming frustration, that’s when I knew something had to change. I was tired all the time and just overall grumpy.

I didn’t have a routine set in place and I wasn’t as organized as I should have been which led to rushed mornings and many late nights which led to me not getting enough sleep. And not getting enough sleep leading to the grumpiness and the frustration. Should I continue? One thing led to another.

Creating a simplified daily routine and implementing daily habits is a gamechanger. You can literally start with one thing a day. Yep, just one thing that you can make a habit of doing each day and gradually add on something new that fits into your lifestyle.

Ditching Social Media

I was completely blinded by my frustration. I honestly felt like the running rate race would be my life forever. I would see other mom bloggers or moms on Insta and see how good their lives were. And that wasn’t helping my situation at all.

That’s where I drew the line.

I was so tired of feeling lesser than. Like I would never catch up. And so, I ditched social media and never looked back.

Reading My Bible Daily

In place of scrolling endlessly on social media, I started to read my bible and spend more time in prayer every day.

I try to implement prayer and bible study in the morning because it sets the tone for the day. But if I’m being honest, for the most part, I get bible study in whenever I can because I have 3 children who love to keep me on my toes.

When it comes to prayer, whenever I am feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, I take a moment to say a quick silent prayer and ask the Lord for strength and endurance to get through the day. It really does help to ground me and push through.

Leaning on the Lord, in those rough moments when I just want to scream has been THE best thing I’ve done since starting my homemaking journey.

I do want to add that it’s also important to spend time in gratitude for our wins as well!

Conclusion

That’s it. Those are the three things that I’ve done that has changed the trajectory of my homemaking journey. Implementing daily habits, ditched social media and spend time in my bible and in prayer daily. Applying these three things into my journey has helped me to be more intentional in keeping up my home and caring for my family.

Homemaking is a LOT of work, and it can feel like what we do is taken for granted. But I’ve learned to view my family’s contentment as a way of them appreciating all that I do. They may not verbally say ‘thank you’ all the time, but it’s in how our home feels like home that brings me joy.