The homemaking rules of different families may look discrete from each other. But knowingly or unknowingly we do follow certain homemaking rules.
The rules are based on our priorities, terms, and values. Although our home management tasks remain the same (cooking, cleaning, organizing, budgeting), our preferences may differ.
Example: For some people, money isn’t an issue. So, they pay (outsource) to do the cleaning, cooking, organizing, and decorating for them.
Whereas others work hard to learn skills to save every possible penny.
They cook delicious meals on a budget; discover the easiest cleaning and repair hacks to do everything on their own and make their family thrive on a humble budget.
Whatever your homemaking status is — the basic principles remain the same for everyone. Today, we will review the homemaking rules every homemaker should follow.
5 GOLDEN HOMEMAKING RULES YOU MUST FOLLOW
Focus on being productive instead of busy – Tim Ferriss
Classify your productive and non-productive tasks.
Busyness in no way means productivity.
Especially if the accomplished tasks do not get your home functioning well.
Say, getting dinner on the table before your husband arrives is your main goal but all you did the entire day is decluttered, organized, and decorated your bedroom.
Imagine, the dread you’d go through when you see him walk in. That’s certainly not a good use of your time.
Homemaking can be enjoyed when it doesn’t become drudgery.
This can only happen when you get your most important (non-negotiable) tasks out of the way at the beginning of your day.
In order to enjoy the remaining time doing more of what you love, peacefully.
Doesn’t that sound simple and interesting?
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein
What is your homemaking purpose?
To add true value to the lives of your loved ones or just focus on your homemaking success?
By that, I mean in the same example as above. You think you spent the time productively decluttering and organizing stuff in an attractive way.
But that may be the last thing your husband wants to notice when he’s freakin starving after a hard day.
Do you think the decor thing added any value to your life at that point in time? It would have – if it was a relaxing day.
You get the point.
A place for everything, everything in its place. – Benjamin Franklin
Every homemaker should adhere to this substantial rule that’ll save you time, energy, and sanity.
It is a sign of a well-kept home.
Nothing affects productivity more adversely than searching for things when you’re racing against time.
Having this rule will also discipline your kids to be super organized in life.
Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject – Thomas Mann
Work simplification and creating some sort of system will allow you to persevere in this long-drawn-out job of homemaking.
It can’t be the other way around.
Work simplification defines the breakdown of daily chores into small workable parts and eliminating unnecessary steps to save time, energy, and pressure of completing a task.
Establishing simple systems and routines will bring you more free time, peace, and harmony to make memories with your loved ones, something we yearn for.
Related:
Wanting less is probably a better blessing than having more – Mary Ellen Edmunds
The fewer number of clothes means they’ll be used repeatedly – less to clean, less to fold and put away, less to iron, and less to organize.
Limited utensils – continually used – less to wash and less to put away.
Minimal furniture – Less to move while cleaning, less to dust and wipe down, less to maintain.
Bare minimum stuff in the house – less to declutter, less to organize, and less to think about.
Leaving you with – more peace, more time, and more liveliness.
Indeed a blessing!
Final words:
I live by these rules to simplify and frame my homemaking for an incredibly joyful experience.
Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below. Thank you so much for reading! Happy Homemaking!
