8 TIPS to be a GOOD Homemaker ( even when you're NOT GOOD at it!)
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Do you ever feel like everyone else is great a being a homemaker, except you? NOT TRUE! Here's how i've learned to "HACK" homemaking!
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I found meal planning to be overwhelming. Some weeks I had tons of ideas and others I had none. But my life CHANGED when I learned to theme days. So each day of the week has a theme. Ex- mondays we do crock pot, tuesday is mexican, wednesday is carbs (pizza, pasta, rice, breakfast), thursday is pork or chicken, friday is burger/grill night, saturday we eat out and sunday is our long prep time meal or snack plates. That allows for easy spots to plug in our favorite meals, and on weeks where I miss planning, I already have a narrow category to help me figure something out. SO amazing!
This is a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing this, I think this is exactly what I need!
That was the same case for me. However, Pinterest really helped me get it together. I only meal prep 2x a week. We made a huge ham last Sunday that I coupled with sweet potatoes on day 1, then we diced up small ham cubes & my daughter made eggs with ham the next morning. Day 2, we had ham with cauliflower rice, day 3, I used the rest of the cauliflower rice & made a Chinese friend rice with cauliflower & peasant & carrots & coconut amino liquid (it is a healthier approach instead of soy sauce). I promise it gets easier. Usually, anything that is left over on day 3 is used for tacos.
Awesome!
That is a great idea! I just have three weeks of meals I just cycle through haha
Vegetables + grains and legumes, (smoked) Tofu, tomato paste, allows different variations of meals.
Point of View:
I was a nanny to an Instagram Influencer for a few years (who was a kind, good mother and person). Anyway, I would sometimes be around when she would take pictures for social media. The process would include hiding all the messes and getting them out of view, lol. The end result would be a perfect looking home in a photo. I think she would say this as well, but for every 'perfect home' on Instagram - there is a mess hidden just out of view! (Generally). Sending Love.
thanks for sharing this x
In summary:
1. Prioritize - What will make you feel successful/accomplished for the day? 2:18
2. Stop comparing ! Can’t compare your life to someone else’s life 4:05
3. Create a rhythm/flow of the day - Make a schedule/routine for yourself 6:25
4. Figure out your stuff - Don’t need to be a minimalist but needs to work, essentialist can work too. What can you reasonably manage? 7:30
5. Delegate ! Mom not a maid, kids can learn chores partners can contribute. Every job is a collaborative effort 9:35
6. Plan meals! It’s a help to have nutritious meals, can be a rotating wheel of things that everyone likes 11:35
7. Don’t sweat the small stuff - Look at the big picture, kids don’t stress so we should let go 14:35
8. You’re amazing! Obviously you watching this means you care. Also, being thankful helps 16:25
Thank youuu 🥺🥺🌻🌻❤️❤️
Thanks so much 🥰
Thank you!!!!🥰
Thank you SO much for this summary!!!
Much appreciated!!! 🎉❤
Haha! Totally right about "a homemaker is not a maid". The homemaker is the MANAGER- not the janitor! Excellent tip I have received and read- "never do anything for your kids that they could do themselves". Why? Because those who do not work, should not eat (except with truly extenuating circumstances like a disability). Cleaning up after yourself is just a normal part of being a decent human being and everyone should learn that before they turn 6. In my house, toys that don't get picked up, go in the bag for Goodwill and my kids know it (and no they are not perfect and I am merciful, but they are 2 and 4 and know now that picking up the toys, is NOT Momma's job.)
My tip may only apply to smaller families (we're just 4) - I don't enjoy cooking and couldn't get meal planning/prepping to work for me, so now I let the supermarket decide 😜 My toddler and I go shopping every few days and go for the discount aisle of food that needs to be eaten the next day or two and use that as the inspiration for the next couple of meals.
The challenge makes cooking more enjoyable for me and our shopping bill is CHEAP! 😄
God bless you and your family ♡ Thanks for this video of encouragement. I'm 60 raising my Daughter's daughter. My husband and I have had her since she was one month old.
Some days I say how can I do this? But every day I continue to get up and I keep going.
You're so right about how we're all different and how we run our households according to our needs and personalities and likes.
I've raised two boys and a Daughter. Sadly we lost her to a car accident in 2020. Working through my grief and still be able to function every day I feel like a warrior some days.
We are Christians so we believe in God and his Son. So Faith exists in our home ♡ we also believe in The Return of Christ when we'll see our Daughter again.
I love your videos and I think you're a wonderful example to all of us of how to be a great Homemaker.
Bless you for your loving service to your family and daughter!
May God richly bless you and give you His peace that passes all understanding ❤️
Loved your comment, thank you. Popped up wee prayers for you also xox
God bless you ❤ I pray he helps you in the wonderful thing you are doing for your daughter and grandchild xxx
You are not alone. I have a friend in her 70s doing what you are doing and struggling with being mom AND TEACHER when she wants to be grandma. It may not be ideal but apparently God thinks you can do this. Remember it's OK to ask for help.
Needed to hear this today, just had my 6th baby 3 weeks ago, and my priorities right now are so different than everyone around me, feeding a baby is my main priority and that's ok!
And a great priority ❤️
Blessings to you and your family. That sounds like a perfectly appropriate priority for this season of your life.
Congratulations! Same here. New baby #7 , 3 wks ago. Its a season of life!
Congratulations!
Aaaawwzz!
I’ve struggled my whole life with a schedule. My oldest is 11 and my youngest is five, and I’ve FINALLY got all my kids on a semi schedule. It’s amazing how much easier life is. It sounds stupid, but I feel so proud of myself 😂
My parenting goal this year is to get my kids involved in chores more. I’ve been the maid and not the mom for too long lol
Doesn’t sound stupid at all. Congratulations! You’re doing great.
Not stupid at all. Still fighting that myself
Not stupid. After all, part of your job as Mom is to teach your kids how to do all this stuff for themselves. Doing it all yourself really shortchanges your kids.
The prayer in the end made me cry! Thank you Angela as always for making a genuine and warm video to encourage all of us moms with full hearts and full baskets of laundry. ♥ each of us is unique, each of us has a different calling and each of us is seen by our Great Father. God bless you!:-)
Amen!
I cried too!
made me cry too . I needed to hear that 🙏
I cried too
Encouragement that was much needed, been feeling like such a loser! Im 5 months pregnant, have zero motivation/energy, simultaneously trying to care for my 2 year old. Lord help us 🥰
Oh goodness. When you're pregnant you need to bend the rules and the expectations. Also for about 6 months postpartum when you are recovering and have an infant. Be easy on yourself during those times
As a momma of 5 beautiful and precious children, also turning 40 (in about 2 months), I am sometimes so tired by the end of the day I can barely wash my face at night. I am so grateful for this video but even more for that prayer at the end! I am literally crying and thanking our Father for all those little finger smudges and dirty dishes (which I am washing watching this video). There are moments every day that I feel drained and sick of the monotony of all the tasks before me. But I truly praise God for my heavenly ordained path of being a homemaker and momma! Thank you for the advice and encouragement! 💕
I’m a year into my homemaker life after being a working woman for all of my adult life and your videos have been 1. Inspiring, 2. So so so helpful, 3. Encouraging. I felt like such a fish out of water. The last home maker in my family was my great grandmother and she passed when my grand mother was 16, so none of us really know how to make a home. We know how to work our tails off and bring home the bacon but struggled so much with making a home after the 9-5 hustle. So your videos have been amazing! Thank you! ❤
Hi Angie! I'm a Navajo SAHM of 5 and I just have to say how much I absolutely love your channel!!! I love your prayer at the end. I love that my Littles and I can watch your channel together ❤️ (most vlogs).
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for your encouraging words. I’m coming from the other side of the road, looking back after homeschooling for 30 years, raising ten children. Everything you shared rings true from my experience! I would add a couple of things:1.procrastination is not your friend. 2. Never walk out of any room without making some small improvement, even if you are picking up a scrap of paper. 3. Leave room for God. I am “allergic,” to Algebra and Geometry… and most math , other than common sense arithmetic/accounting. Half of my adult children have ended up in STEM fields. Only God knows how that happened:) 4. Know that the keeping of your home is well worth it! God Bless You❤
Thank you for this, I’m a new homemaker stay at home mother of 3. I had to quit my job after the 3rd baby was born to stay at home, it’s been hard, overwhelming, and I’m still trying to figure it out. This was very helpful and insightful.
Me too! Glad I’m not the only one. Been home with the 3 for a month now, and getting better everyday :)
Great point about NOT comparing yourself to others. I am 61 and a homemaker for decades. People do not tell you about their entire lives, especially about the support they have. Some people have no support (such as free babysitting, and other family help, enough money, etc and others have a lot of support and assume that others do). One thing I learned late in life is that you have to respect yourself enough to say "no." Homemakers are frequently targeted to do all the volunteer work at church, school and community and because homemaking is often a lonely job, you frequently find yourself over volunteering and shortchanging yourself and your family. You made a lot of other great points too.
I have 3 under 3 and sometimes I wanna cry from all the work but it is a blessing to be home with my lovely babies
Angie you’re the only person who I would watch a video like this from! Lol because you have such a nuanced view of everything and understand that everyone is different, you give great advice on principles of how to manage life rather than being dogmatic about methods!
Edit: also that prayer at the end was perfect. Thank you so much Angie. I really needed this today.
So hornee for that makeup
Go on with your bad self!! 😂 you are a breath of fresh air…love your channel! You are my Shero, I only have 2 little ppl and I suck at homemaking and still learning this homeschool thing going into our 4th yr., but this helps a lot! Thanks for sharing!! I know it will take practice and I’ll get it together eventually and LET IT GO! 😂 ❤
I learned homeschool is always growing & changing with your kids needs, sadly despite our needs or even abilities... BUT eventually & hopefully they will get into self-lead learning with full motivation & passion !
I don’t have any kids but what you said about not sweating the small stuff is really what I needed to hear!! I get so stressed out and in my head and just feel overwhelmed but in the long run it’s really not a big deal. I needed this today. Thank you ❤️
She takes her hubby’s pee on long trips
THANK YOU FOR THAT HOMEMAKERS PRAYER...IN THE OVERWHLEM OF IT'S CONTENTS I FORGET TO SIMPY BE GRATEFUL!
As a woman who loves to cook and struggles with A.D.D I really needed to hear the "simplify your meal plan" one 😅 my kitchen is definitely the hardest part of my home to keep clean, definitely working on more meal plans and less complicated meals.
Your tip about having the right amount of stuff is spot on! Dana K White talks about your "clutter threshold" everyone's is different and her container concept idea has changed my life and taken the stress out of decluttering! Would recommend her videos to anyone struggling with this step!
Being a women and a working Mom and/or Homeschooling Mom is tuff. I was not raised by my mother. I was raised by my Dad. I love watching your videos because they really help me. I'm serious. I wanted to cry because I feel like I was falling short and not being the best Mom I knew I could/should be. It's hard when you don't know any better. Every night felt like anxiety. Buying fast food made me feel so guilty. Know, I have done what you said and found so much peace. Thank you so much for sharing your life's knowledge and sharing it with ppl like me who really need it and benefit from it.
This video was...a sigh of relief for me. Especially the meal planning bit where you said, "No one is going to die from eating the same meal on repeat." lol. Thank you for this xx
Love this! I'm easily sucked into the "wow she has everything so together" mindset and working on overcoming that. Routines have helped me feel a bit more together, and easy habits that prepare me for the week. With a 19 month old and 23 weeks pregnant and being in school full-time, habits are a lifesaver.
This is literally me 😭 I am in the bath right now thinking “why can’t I be better?” I have a big following on TikTok but I’ve basically stopped watching/posting to social media because I feel so overwhelmed just seeing everyone doing so well and I’m a MESS. The first clip of this video really hit me in the chest. Thank you for the honesty. ❤️
This might sound so silly but I literally just prayed “Lord can you just help me. Can’t you just help me be more organized and a better homemaker??” And I feel like this is my answer. I’m crying. It’s not the answer I was wanting. But I need to be more thankful for where I am. For what we have. I have so much I need to be grateful for. 😭❤️
I sat down and made a meal plan for an entire month. Now I just cycle through the same plan every new month. If we need to skip a night, no big deal! BUT I love knowing I had a plan for that day, even though I didn’t end up needing to cook that night.
I love this video! Finding your priorities is especially important. I have to prioritize creative time for myself to feel productive.
For meal plans, something I’ve done in recent years is accepting having “cheaper/better than fast food” recipes at home. Healthier than fast food, cheaper than fast food, but definitely not 5 star meals. Meals I can cook in 10 minutes. It prevents us from going through the drive thru!! We used to get fast food like 2-3 times a week 🙈 now we never do! I make quick things like scrambled eggs & bacon, waffles, fried rice, chicken & rice, Caesar salad, etc. Anything to save us $30 on fast food!
Love this so much! Sounds great!
My kind of meals TBH!
Mmmm waffles who could say no to that? I know I'd take the meals you listed over fast food any time. Yum!
Good on you :)
This was so good, Angela! So encouraging! I laughed and I cried. I have 4 little kids and my husband is gone A LOT and we are homeschooling (oldest is in first grade). Plus we have a little farmette. Lately I’ve felt super overwhelmed and alone. Thanks for reminding us that we are not alone and not to compare but to do what works for us in our season. And to be thankful!! Blessings!
I’m not a mom or homemaker, but I’m really struggling with comparing where I am in life vs others. I’m about to be 25 and I deal with chronic headaches. I don’t know if kids is in God’s plan for me, but I’ve always wanted them. Even though I’m not there in my life yet, I know I needed to hear this because I don’t need to compare my journey to others like I have been. I couldn’t help, but get teary eyed when you read the prayer. God bless y’all! I really enjoy all your content!
I'm with you on chafing at a schedule. It's a recipe for failure with 7 under 7 anyhow. A routine is hard enough with the kids, animals, homeschooling, and household.
I also suck at meal planning.
Thoughtful encouragement for real women. Fun meal planning idea: designate each person a day/date to choose dinner. Perhaps the 10th of every month is Rosie's night to decide the dinner menu. Maybe one child chooses their two favorite foods: dry cereal and pepperoni. Yum! (If so inclined, add side dishes such as fresh veggies from your garden.) The montage at the end with the prayer of thanksgiving is joyful and beautiful. Also, how is everyone's favorite goat?
At first I thought this said How to be a Great HOMESCHOOLER even when you’re not good at it... but I mean, I’m still interested lol
This was such a breath of fresh air. I had made my own rules due to what I've seen other homemakers do and while watching you for the first time ever I realize I made my own prison Thank you
I am an atheist but I still loved the prayer at the end... I rewinded and watched it few more times, and I am planning to print it out and frame it and put it up in my kitchen! Thank you Angela!
So encouraged by you. That prayer had me ugly crying.
You look like and speak like a disney princess and have such a calming presence! Definitely the "mom advice" I needed. Thx for calming me down lol this stuff is harder than it is talked about some days lol
Two minutes in and I feel seen and heard... and I laughed a few times 😄 Thanks Angie
I really enjoyed this video and appreciated the encouragement and tips. We have 4 kids. 2 are on the spectrum and one is very dependent on routine. His need for that helped me create a general meal plan routine. I've tweaked it and encouraged a little variety within the same category and this is how we basically do it.
Saturday - pizza night; frozen or takeout or homemade occasionally
Sundays - usually something generally typical Sunday dinner type, like ham, roast, or chicken and dumplings
Mondays - usually crockpot or something fast because Mondays are busy work days for me (I work from home)
Tuesdays - tacos, quesadillas, taco soup, fajitas, or something similar
Wednesdays - randoms, often breakfast for dinner
Thursdays - spaghetti Thursday; some type of pasta
Fridays - takeout; I work full time from home while raising 4 kids so I need a weekly break from making dinner lol
Needed to hear this! Thank you!!
The prayer was the most beautiful! I am so discpuraged to see everything messed up but a prayer helps to see a brighter side of it.
This was exactly what I needed to hear today. It’s been a crazy month and our home is reflecting that craziness. But at this point my priority is getting everyone healthy again (we’ve all had the flu and then ear infections and sinus infections) and the dishes in the sink, dust in the corners, and hampers of clean clothes waiting to be folded will wait for me.
Wow that prayer at the end really moved me 😭 I've been feeling like a crappy mom lately and I really needed that today
"throwing dry cereal and pepperoni slices" at your kids 🤣🤣 love it!
Oh, that last part made me 😢. So beautiful! I have a thankful journal that I’ve neglected. I think I’ll dust it off. It always puts things in perspective. Thank you Lord!
Love all of this! Great video and great tips! These are literally things I've been slowly doing over the years as well with 6 kids. I love what you said about how this isn't a linear journey. So true! It seems like we get sick or some other wrench is thrown into our life and it's a huge feat to get us back to normal routines again, but once we do its very rewarding.
Thank you for this!!!!!
Loved that prayer!
Thank you for this! Much needed reminder!
Thank you for making this encouraging video Angela!❤
Needed this one today! Thank you!
Angela, you look like you're in your twenties, not almost forty...... Goodness, what an amazing testimony of an excellent homemaker. Praise God.
Thanks I needed this ❤️
This was so needed for me right now!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for not telling us to be a minimalist! I feel like that is usually the advice to get rid of every thing and I appreciate someone that understands there is joy to having certain things around.
This is just what I needed spoken into my life today. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! It was so encouraging to hear your struggles and tips to do better. I definitely needed to hear this! Makes me feel like I am not alone!
Love this. Loved the prayer
Angela, thank you so much for the video. It helped alot and the poem as well. Though my kids are adults and almost out of the house, I still feel like I have not gotten it together as a home maker. Listening to your list I realize at one point or another I have access one of your points or another, but putting them all together is mind-blowing. I love the "flow" idea!
thanks for the uplifting reality check.
I needed this so much today!! Thank you for your encouraging words! And loved that ending!!! ❤️
I needed to hear this! Thank you for being real and honest about life. And the prayer at the end was so life giving! ♥️
Love that prayer💗
Wonderful video!!
I am not religious but that prayer brought me to tears as is my sentiment. Maybe I thank life and the universe for putting a roof over my head and nice clothes to wear. Thank you for this video.
Us momma's needed to hear that prayer!!! ❤
Thank you SO MUCH! I needed it so much. I'm a sahm with our three little girls, 6 y, 4 y and 4 months. This was so encouraging. I also loved that prayer and i'm gonna translate it to my language (swedish) and put it up in my house. Bless you and your family❣️
Thank you so much for this video! Brought me to tears!! I needed to hear this!! Love you channel! Hope you have a blessed week!
This was a wonderful video!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! ♥️
I needed to hear all of this today!!! Thank you for lifting my spirit and motivating me to move forward and let go of the things i need to let go of. You inspire me so much! Thank you for your videos, your time and your words! And I LOVE how you ended the video so powerful! 💗
Love the added clips of the kids!
My favorite yt video rn! Needed so much today!
You are an excellent speaker!!
& this is why I love you! I so needed this! 😭♥️
Amazing tips, thank you!
No. 5 speaks to me 🙌🏽🙌🏽 thank you!
I came here for hacks and got an amazing real life pep talk 💕
I needed this. Thanks 😊
Thank you so much for encapsulating what I have been trying to do. It is as much about the process as the final achievement. I have watched your vlogs for a few years now and enjoy them so much. God bless you and your family. Happy travels through life!
This was wonderful! Thank you!
Amen ! Great video thank you
This is an excellent channel. I like how you mix it up and also offer emotional encouragement! Well done Angela.
What a beautifully crafted video...absolutely loved the content today and the poem/prayer at the end made me so emotional. Thank you Angie x 😘
You are such an encouragement. Thank you so much for this video Angela!
Thank you for this. It has been on my mind.
Wow 😭 this really spoke to my heart!
This was right on time! Thank you!
I needed that prayer at the end!! Thank you and amen!!
This is fantastic! Thank you.
Love that prayer at the end. Great content today! Thank you
I love what you said about minimalism!
I needed this thank you for sharing ❤️
I loved that prayer! TY
Beautiful prayer and video!! Thank you!
Love the ending 💖
That prayer really touched my heart!! This has so been on my mind lately!! I always appreciate what you have to share 💛
Thank you for sharing that prayer at the end. Such an incredible reminder to look at everything through eyes of gratitude.
Thank you Angela, I needed all your words today. And all your advice is just so good and so down to earth and relatable. Looking forward to applying your tips to my every day life as a homemaker, my mother, a wife, a photographer and most of all, my own being. Thank you
Amazing advice and nice quote thanks