Simply Convivial: Biblical Homemaking, Homeschooling & Mom Life—Without Burnout

Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.comSibling Relationship Lab: https://www.siblingrelationshiplab.com/Lynna's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LynnaSutherlandLarge Family Homeschooling: https://yourlargefamilyhomeschool.com/Lynna Sutherland is a homeschool mom of eight and the host of the Sibling Relationship Lab podcast. She loves to encourage moms in the freedom they have in Christ in parenting and homeschooling.In today's episode she tells us her best tips for realistic and practical organization of home and stuff when you have a large, homeschooling family.

Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.comSibling Relationship Lab: https://www.siblingrelationshiplab.com/Lynna's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LynnaSutherlandLarge Family Homeschooling: https://yourlargefamilyhomeschool.com/Lynna Sutherland is a homeschool mom of eight and the host of the Sibling Relationship Lab podcast. She loves to encourage moms in the freedom they have in Christ in parenting and homeschooling.In today's episode she addresses how she handles feelings of overwhelm as a large family homeschooling mom. It's encouraging and practical.

Free download: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/mindsetYour mindset as a mom matters and it's within your power to change.

Find Lauren at https://www.keptandkeeping.com where she keeps a thoughtful and insightful blog.Free workshop: https://www.AnswerOverwhelm.comWe have to acknowledge the reality we are in to actually address our vague overwhelm.

Get organized quiz - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quizYour mom tells you to make your bed.The internet tells you to make your bed.The productivity gurus tell you to make your bed.But why???

Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.comWe have to acknowledge the reality we are in to actually address our vague overwhelm. Find Lauren at keptandkeeping.com where she keeps a thoughtful and insightful blog.

Camaraderie-style accountability can help us spur one another on to any sort of good work: homemaking, homeschooling, holiness.And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works – Hebrews 10:24Camaraderie-based accountability doesn’t have to be official, with rules and agreed-upon terms. If rules float your boat, lay some out; remember, however, that our lives demand flexibility. Hold the rules loosely, as guidelines, not as whips. If rules scare you, you don’t need them! This is really just a friendship-maker. Make a regular and routine topic of conversation what you’re up to and encourage each other to dig in and do the work with a cheerful heart. It can be very natural and informal.Really, friendship-based, informal accountability is a way to do life together. In this way we keep track of what’s going on in each other’s lives and we can pray specifically and also encourage meaningfully and practically – perhaps even by lending a hand or an ear. It doesn’t have to look or sound spiritual or deep – yet it is. It is sharing the burden, even the mental burden, in an everyday, practical way.The truth is that we care more when someone we care about cares.Care is at the heart of motivation, and care is something we can give one another.That is, when we have a friend who cares about our eating plan, our home routines, or our Bible reading habits, it helps us care more, too. That little extra nudge might be all we need to make it over the momentary emotional (i.e. motivational) blips.Who can you walk alongside with camaraderie and care, and how will you regularly keep open the lines of communication?

One of Pam's brilliant concepts is the "minimum viable day."

Free guide to make your own housework system: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/personalized-housecleaning-plan/And our housework needs a framework just as much as anything else we do or use. We need to have an underlying structure that gives shape to our days and support to our sanity.Without a framework, we’re sloppy, floppy, and choppy. We do this and that, here and there, and never feel like we’re getting anywhere – because we’re not.So push pause.Take some time out of the random peppering of chores and give yourself a framework that will make consistency possible.Hang your habits on hooks. Your habits will be more successful and stick sooner if you hang them on hooks already in your day.Think in threes.So make it easier to get started by narrowing down your focus to three things.Move into maintenance mode.Maintenance and “getting ahead” are two entirely different modes. Catching up and getting ahead is extra. Maintenance is daily, without fail, repetition.

freehomeschoolplanner.comWhen I need homeschool planning tips, I go to Pam Barnhill.Every summer I print out my pages from Plan Your Year to put our homeschool year together.So I wanted to have her on to talk about what makes planning work and how to be consistent with our plans.Listen to my conversation with Pam Barnhill in today's episode of The Simplified Organization Podcast.