One thing that I find helps a ton that I’ve seen from a few other people online is to do a brain dump at night and write down either on paper or digitally everything that is on your mind for each different role that you have/area of your life. This helps keep these thought from randomly popping in your head and stressing you while you’re trying to get other things done. Then choose one main focus for the next day and as soon as you wake up, do that one thing first (or after main morning routine). By knocking out your top priority early, you experience success at the beginning of the day and the rest of your day can flow with you knowing you’ve already gotten that done.
I love these tips, thank you for your encouragement. After watching a few of your videos, I quickly learned that I needed an electric frother, lol! I checked your Amazon store, but I didn’t see one. I did a little research and chose one. I’ve been using it a week now and I’m in LOVE with it! I’ve made cold drinks with cold foam and my daily hot coffee with dense foam. I love, love, love it, you should really add one to your store. I got the stainless one from Bizewo if you need one to link. It has 4 frothing options. I can’t wait for your next video, I’m almost completely caught up with your channel, lol. *edited - I’m sorry, you do have one listed, but it’s unavailable.
Thanks for sharing some of the systems that work for you. When my children were little, I got rid of the throw pillows on the sofa because I was tired of constantly picking them up off the floor. It made a big difference for me and nobody missed them. Also, I found an attractive storage hamper and that’s where we threw the blankets when not in use (no folding required). My family always knew where to find a blanket when they needed one.
Amen to the one load of laundry a day!! I live in Japan and don’t have a dryer so necessity mandates that I do a load every day because I won’t have enough hanging space if I don’t stay on top of it! It’s a routine I love and one of few areas of my life as a mama of 3 boys that I can feel like I’ve got control of!
I have to tell you that after watching your cleaning video I went on canva and made a chart and laminated it. It is giving me so much motivation just to get those boxes checked 👏🏻💕 thank you for the encouragement and ideas!
Great tips, they are very attainable and make all the difference. I always tell young mama’s to be good to themselves tomorrow because you will appreciate yourself for taking time to reset for the next day. Routines and consistency is key in bringing peace to you and your home. 😊
I love homemakers tips I like too do my Bible reading in the morning before my grandchildren get here at 6:30 so I get up at 3am but I also go to bed at 6pm
WRT in-home workouts, Leslie Sansone has walks as short as 5 minutes. I’ve also seen chair and bed exercise videos (I have fibromyalgia and CFS), but I haven’t really tried the chair and bed ones.
Hey sis I just wanted to say your are one of my favorite UA-camrs and friend lol, I appreciate you and your kind personality! The Joy of the Lord really shines through you and I have been so encouraged by your content and wisdom, praying many blessings over you and your family!
Just want to say you are so stunning in this video! I love pink on you 💗 Thanks for the tips! I struggle to be a good homemaker at times due to possible ADD. I'm printing a weekly chore chart for me because I hate cleaning 😅 hopefully that will help!
Thank you for being so genuine in this video!! I feel like a lot of these videos make it seem like these creators do the perfect routine every day, but you are sharing the REAL version (where a 15 minute workout 3 days a week is the norm instead of like an hour minutes every day!!). You are so awesome!!
Your videos have been so inspiring to me I am struggling lately to just wake up and get to it!! We live in Kansas I came across this randomly searching for help online and you really do make me feel like I can do this with the encouragement you send out in each video. Thank you for taking the time to show us who are clueless how to serve the Lord with our whole hearts in each small task throughout the day. Sometimes I wonder is it making a difference but I see that it’s going to take some patience and practice. Love watching you beautiful family work together!! May the Lord bless you all!!
Love these tips! I am so with you on waking up to a clean house. I may not get to the kitchen but I have to have my livingroom clean & in order every night. Maybe because that is the first thing I see when I walk out of the Master Bedroom??? Anyway... I think making sure the kitchen is the next thing to add to my night routine. Keep the content coming. I just recently discovered your channel & it has truly been a huge encouragement to me in this season I am currently in.
You’re such a positive uplifting soul! I utilize most of your habits too ( my girls are adults with their own homes now) and they make life more calm and stress free! It’s a great feeling to be able to positively control and organize our homes in a world where so much is out of our control! Your pleasant and personable attitude makes it feel like you are speaking to each viewer directly! Thank you for a great video! You’re doing a wonderful job with your You Tube channel!
Good habits make my life so much easier. If I get behind, it just creates more stress and a bigger job to do. I leave for work around 7 AM and don’t get home till around 5:30. I make my bed everyday, clean the kitchen, pick up, do laundry and take out trash as needed. Once a week, I do all our bookkeeping and paperwork chores. Bathrooms are cleaned once a week and floors vacuumed at least bi-weekly. We have hard floors in our kitchen and dinning room so I quickly dust mop them daily to remove the crumbs. A tip to reduce the amount of housework is to have less stuff. Declutter the duplicates, the dust collectors, the multitude of stuffed animals, too many clothes that don’t fit in the closet or dressers. Let’s work smarter, not harder!
Hi!! I have been really enjoying your channel. I was just wondering if you could talk more about your church? I am looking for a new church home, and I am finding that I have a lot of the same views that you have! So I was just hoping you could make a video talking about your church and the role you have in your church. ❤
Just found your channel and so far I'm loving it! I have been looking for inspiration from someone who believes the same things as me and has the same family values and goals ❤ Thank you for making this kind of content in a confused, fallen world!
New Subbie! Thanks Annna I’m new to both homemaking and homeschooling. I appreciate your tips. I also too have seen the impact of starting my day with the Lord it’s helps me to define my day.
Listening to your video helped me realize I’m on the “right” track sort of speak- we are not alone as mama’s and trying to master (or at least make functional 😜) our homemaking skills for the sake of our families and ourselves. The struggle is real but we can all get through it, no matter the season we are in! Thank you for your tips!
These tips are Soo good! I do so many of them already and have proven themselves over and over! Wondering how you came up with a plan that has worked with cleaning tho! I feel like most of the cleaning "plans" online involve wayyyy more cleaning than I am interested in 😂 Do you have a more approachable plan that covers the basics and not "clean baseboards once a day" Lol?
She would still be doing the same laundry, whether she did it every day or once a week, because she probably doesn't run it when it isn't a full load. I used to do the laundry once a day but felt like laundry was never ended. Dana K. White of a Slob Comes Clean recommends a laundry day (or two if you have a large family). I thought she was insane but decided to try it. It totally works for me. I have two days, Monday and Thursday, but then the laundry is done until the next laundry day. I don't have to think about it or anything until the next laundry day. I get the feeling of "done" which is really great for my ADD brain. Different strokes for different folks, as they say!
You can also find out from your provider when it's the cheapest time to run your washing machine. Often it's overnight. If you get up in the middle of the night and the laundry is finished, you can toss it in the dryer and get it going.
Since I’ve moved out on my own, I find it so hard to maintain routines. But the one I’ve mostly been able to successfully execute is to empty our dishwasher (we use it as a dish rack) in the morning while my morning coffee is being made. I also find myself really busy trying to squeeze in bible time. So I’ve been listening to expositional (verse by verse) teachings by a few different Calvary pastors while I accomplish these chores in the morning.
One thing that I find helps a ton that I’ve seen from a few other people online is to do a brain dump at night and write down either on paper or digitally everything that is on your mind for each different role that you have/area of your life. This helps keep these thought from randomly popping in your head and stressing you while you’re trying to get other things done. Then choose one main focus for the next day and as soon as you wake up, do that one thing first (or after main morning routine). By knocking out your top priority early, you experience success at the beginning of the day and the rest of your day can flow with you knowing you’ve already gotten that done.
That’s a GREAT tip!
Love a Clean kitchen when I wake up:)
😂must be a mama thing
I wear a cute apron! It puts me into "work mode"!
Love that idea!
I recently started doing Daily planning and journaling in the morning .. this has helped me to have productive days 😀
I love these tips, thank you for your encouragement. After watching a few of your videos, I quickly learned that I needed an electric frother, lol! I checked your Amazon store, but I didn’t see one. I did a little research and chose one. I’ve been using it a week now and I’m in LOVE with it! I’ve made cold drinks with cold foam and my daily hot coffee with dense foam. I love, love, love it, you should really add one to your store. I got the stainless one from Bizewo if you need one to link. It has 4 frothing options. I can’t wait for your next video, I’m almost completely caught up with your channel, lol.
*edited - I’m sorry, you do have one listed, but it’s unavailable.
This is so random, but I love your master bed! Do you have a link for the headboard and frame?
We had it custom made. Sorry
Girl I’m good with eating, I can’t stop.
😂
Thanks for sharing some of the systems that work for you. When my children were little, I got rid of the throw pillows on the sofa because I was tired of constantly picking them up off the floor. It made a big difference for me and nobody missed them. Also, I found an attractive storage hamper and that’s where we threw the blankets when not in use (no folding required). My family always knew where to find a blanket when they needed one.
Great ideas! The thought has def crosses my mind with the throw pillows 😂
I'm new to homemaking and love these tips! Thanks for sharing ❤🙏🏾
Amen to the one load of laundry a day!! I live in Japan and don’t have a dryer so necessity mandates that I do a load every day because I won’t have enough hanging space if I don’t stay on top of it! It’s a routine I love and one of few areas of my life as a mama of 3 boys that I can feel like I’ve got control of!
I have to tell you that after watching your cleaning video I went on canva and made a chart and laminated it. It is giving me so much motivation just to get those boxes checked 👏🏻💕 thank you for the encouragement and ideas!
Oh I’m so glad! You’re gonna love it!
I absolutely love your channel!!!
Great tips, they are very attainable and make all the difference. I always tell young mama’s to be good to themselves tomorrow because you will appreciate yourself for taking time to reset for the next day.
Routines and consistency is key in bringing peace to you and your home. 😊
You’re so right!
I love homemakers tips I like too do my Bible reading in the morning before my grandchildren get here at 6:30 so I get up at 3am but I also go to bed at 6pm
WRT in-home workouts, Leslie Sansone has walks as short as 5 minutes. I’ve also seen chair and bed exercise videos (I have fibromyalgia and CFS), but I haven’t really tried the chair and bed ones.
Hey sis I just wanted to say your are one of my favorite UA-camrs and friend lol, I appreciate you and your kind personality! The Joy of the Lord really shines through you and I have been so encouraged by your content and wisdom, praying many blessings over you and your family!
Thank you so much 😍
Just want to say you are so stunning in this video! I love pink on you 💗 Thanks for the tips! I struggle to be a good homemaker at times due to possible ADD. I'm printing a weekly chore chart for me because I hate cleaning 😅 hopefully that will help!
Awesome!!
I agree! Pink is you’re color and it makes your skin look so bright and pretty too 💕
Y’all are too sweet! I had really good lighting this day for some reason
@@AnnaBruceblog Just accept the compliment! 😘 All women need to work on taking compliments and believing them (including myself!).
I’m loving these videos!❤
Thanks!!
I liked your “reach out” tip. I’m in a different season of life than you, but I think this one is applicable always. ❤
Yes! Definitely!
So glad I came across your channel!! Just the content I have been looking for!🥰
❤
Thank you for being so genuine in this video!! I feel like a lot of these videos make it seem like these creators do the perfect routine every day, but you are sharing the REAL version (where a 15 minute workout 3 days a week is the norm instead of like an hour minutes every day!!). You are so awesome!!
Aw that means so much! Thank you!
Get it! My sis in law ❤
Your videos have been so inspiring to me I am struggling lately to just wake up and get to it!! We live in Kansas I came across this randomly searching for help online and you really do make me feel like I can do this with the encouragement you send out in each video. Thank you for taking the time to show us who are clueless how to serve the Lord with our whole hearts in each small task throughout the day. Sometimes I wonder is it making a difference but I see that it’s going to take some patience and practice. Love watching you beautiful family work together!! May the Lord bless you all!!
Yes girl! Patience and practice and lots of prayer! You got this!
Love these tips! I am so with you on waking up to a clean house. I may not get to the kitchen but I have to have my livingroom clean & in order every night. Maybe because that is the first thing I see when I walk out of the Master Bedroom??? Anyway... I think making sure the kitchen is the next thing to add to my night routine. Keep the content coming. I just recently discovered your channel & it has truly been a huge encouragement to me in this season I am currently in.
You’re such a positive uplifting soul! I utilize most of your habits too ( my girls are adults with their own homes now) and they make life more calm and stress free! It’s a great feeling to be able to positively control and organize our homes in a world where so much is out of our control! Your pleasant and personable attitude makes it feel like you are speaking to each viewer directly! Thank you for a great video! You’re doing a wonderful job with your You Tube channel!
Thanks so much for watching!
Good habits make my life so much easier. If I get behind, it just creates more stress and a bigger job to do. I leave for work around 7 AM and don’t get home till around 5:30. I make my bed everyday, clean the kitchen, pick up, do laundry and take out trash as needed. Once a week, I do all our bookkeeping and paperwork chores. Bathrooms are cleaned once a week and floors vacuumed at least bi-weekly. We have hard floors in our kitchen and dinning room so I quickly dust mop them daily to remove the crumbs. A tip to reduce the amount of housework is to have less stuff. Declutter the duplicates, the dust collectors, the multitude of stuffed animals, too many clothes that don’t fit in the closet or dressers. Let’s work smarter, not harder!
yesss!
Such wise tips, thank you for the encouragement! ❤
Loved these. You look so cute! I love pj’s, too. 😊 Very practical tips.
Hi!! I have been really enjoying your channel. I was just wondering if you could talk more about your church? I am looking for a new church home, and I am finding that I have a lot of the same views that you have! So I was just hoping you could make a video talking about your church and the role you have in your church. ❤
Side note: I love your bed. where did you get the all white quilt-like bedding and the black & white comforter?
All from target. I think it’s all discontinued
Great tips! I can't think of any I would add. Love your channel!
Just found your channel and so far I'm loving it! I have been looking for inspiration from someone who believes the same things as me and has the same family values and goals ❤ Thank you for making this kind of content in a confused, fallen world!
thank you! so glad youre here!
Thanks for sharing your story! I’m new to homemaking, and I’ve definitely been feeling lost. I came across your channel and it’s helped me already ❤
You are so welcome!
I love your videos I’m so glad I found your channel
What is the rod your chart lost is hanging from on the fridge ?
I think it’s linked in my amazon store. It’s a magnetic fridge binder clip
What cleaner do you use for your bathtub?
Either thieves or bon ami for tough spots
New Subbie! Thanks Annna I’m new to both homemaking and homeschooling. I appreciate your tips. I also too have seen the impact of starting my day with the Lord it’s helps me to define my day.
Love this!
What time do you wake up?
6:15 right now
Listening to your video helped me realize I’m on the “right” track sort of speak- we are not alone as mama’s and trying to master (or at least make functional 😜) our homemaking skills for the sake of our families and ourselves. The struggle is real but we can all get through it, no matter the season we are in! Thank you for your tips!
Yes we can!!
I love your spring colors pretty outfit so lady like, also thanks for the encouragement I agree with all 💕
Thanks so much!
Hello from Lima Peru 🇵🇪 just subscribed
Thank you for your video's your honesty and kindness lift my soul. A clean sink and clean table are my big "need to be clean" areas
Can you share this Mommy chore chart? Is it made in Canva?
www.canva.com/design/DAFeq8Pp-84/LlBt_HG-s3cLjBH8VcVmGA/view?DAFeq8Pp-84&mode=preview
@@AnnaBruceblog thank you so much!!!
I really love #9. ❤
Love you friend!
These tips are Soo good! I do so many of them already and have proven themselves over and over! Wondering how you came up with a plan that has worked with cleaning tho!
I feel like most of the cleaning "plans" online involve wayyyy more cleaning than I am interested in 😂
Do you have a more approachable plan that covers the basics and not "clean baseboards once a day" Lol?
I do! It’s in this video: Habits of a Homemaker: Our Daily Routine + Cleaning Schedule
ua-cam.com/video/fmNAg24hJLo/v-deo.html
Loveeee this video! Gave me a ton of inspiration!!
Side note: where did you get your couch?!
Macys. It’s the Radley sectional. We love it
Loved It!❤
🎉💕
How do you deal with high electricity bill by doing laundry every day?
We do budget billing so our bill is always the same. I’d rather have a high electricity bill than high stress from a huge pile of laundry lol
@@AnnaBruceblog so sweet that you reply, you are absolutely right!!!
She would still be doing the same laundry, whether she did it every day or once a week, because she probably doesn't run it when it isn't a full load.
I used to do the laundry once a day but felt like laundry was never ended. Dana K. White of a Slob Comes Clean recommends a laundry day (or two if you have a large family). I thought she was insane but decided to try it. It totally works for me. I have two days, Monday and Thursday, but then the laundry is done until the next laundry day. I don't have to think about it or anything until the next laundry day. I get the feeling of "done" which is really great for my ADD brain.
Different strokes for different folks, as they say!
You can also find out from your provider when it's the cheapest time to run your washing machine. Often it's overnight. If you get up in the middle of the night and the laundry is finished, you can toss it in the dryer and get it going.
Since I’ve moved out on my own, I find it so hard to maintain routines. But the one I’ve mostly been able to successfully execute is to empty our dishwasher (we use it as a dish rack) in the morning while my morning coffee is being made. I also find myself really busy trying to squeeze in bible time. So I’ve been listening to expositional (verse by verse) teachings by a few different Calvary pastors while I accomplish these chores in the morning.
Calvary Chapel has been helpful to me in my morning Bible studies as well-am am reading a passage, then going to the “Enduring Word” online comments 😊