Before I start sharing practical tips on managing housework successfully, you need to set up these 3 basic rules for a clean home, so that everyone knows what to expect and what is expected of them. Read more…
Manage Your Expectations
Managing your expectations may realistically mean lowering
them A LOT. Lowering your expectations, however, does not mean living in chaos. Read more…
You Need Skills for Housework?!
Every job we take on requires us to have some skills for it. And so it is for housework. Yes, contrary to popular belief, you need skills for housework too. We need skills to be able to manage housework correctly and efficiently. What is your skill set? Read more…
Change Our Attitude Towards Housework
Before we can handle housework well, we need to change our attitude towards housework from a negative to a positive one. Housework done well actually blesses our family and all who step into our homes. But how? We need to change how we see it. Read more…
What is Your Why?
Before we dive into the mechanics of successfully juggling homeschooling and housework, you have to know what is your why. Why do you want to manage homeschooling and housework? Read more…
How We Juggle Homeschooling and Housework
How can we juggle homeschooling and housework? Isn’t it an impossible task? Yet it can be done. I share 28 practical tips and mindset shifts in this post to help us manage better. Read more…
Write It Down
How do you remember what you need and want to remember? Be it your daily to-do list or your memories. Do you have a Brain Dump notebook? A Memory Journal? Read more…
Preparing for the New Year
Everyone hopes that the new year will be better than the last. But few of us actually prepare for it to be so. We tend to just let the year happen and then gape in surprise when that year comes to a close. So here are some concrete steps we could all take to live a more intentional life. Because, as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry says, “a goal without a plan is just a wish.” Read more…
Another Kind of Busy For Another Season of Life
Fewer interruptions but no less busy. Instead, different seasons of motherhood see us exchanging one kind of busy for another kind of busy. And so, I am reminding myself to enjoy each season as it comes and to live in the present instead of reminiscing about the past season or hoping for a better (easier?) future. Read more…
Homeschooling After PSLE
A common question homeschoolers in Singapore get and even ask each other during the PSLE year and especially after PSLE is, “Are you going to continue homeschooling after PSLE? I address common questions raised when you say you are going to homeschool beyond PSLE plus the pros and cons of doing so. Read more…