Make Sure Everyone Is On The Same Page

Welcome to my 31 Days to Create Purpose in your home!  During the month of October, I am posting every day about creating purpose in your home and joining all of these bloggers who are also posting for 31 days on a topic of their choice.  I would love for you to follow me, and check out all of the other posts in the series and the introduction to it here.

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This is not only your house, (even if it feels like you are the only one who ever does any cleaning).  Once you have figured out the idea of the direction you want to go, consult your hubby (if you haven't yet).  His support and input is vital to this being a successful endeavor.  You may have the type of husband who prefers to be in from the ground up in your though process on this.  For our marriage in this type of thing it works best for me to come up with some ideas/concrete thoughts of what I want for us to discuss.  I also have to give them to him ahead of time, for him to process before we discuss.

We have VERY different ways in which we do things for the home.  I much prefer to spend an few hours marathon and getting the job done, he would much rather do 15ish min here, 15ish there, take a break etc.  Let me say that this is challenging when it comes to cleaning, unpacking projects and that kind of thing in our home.  I hate having things half done.  It DRIVES me CRAZY.  So much so, that I will not even start project unless I know I can finish.  If I do, and I have to stop, the project 95% of the time remains unfinished for FAR too long.  I guess you could call it the tortoise versus the hare personality types (but I'm obviously right, so this is a bad analogy lol, JK).  There is no "right" way, just what works for you and your family.

If you have older kids, get their input.  What do they like/not like about their home?  You may be surprised about the answers.  Knowing all of these things will help you come up with what you want your home to be.

Cheers!

Ashley

Know What You DON'T Want

Welcome to my 31 Days to Create Purpose in your home!  During the month of October, I am posting every day about creating purpose in your home and joining all of these bloggers who are also posting for 31 days on a topic of their choice.  I would love for you to follow me, and check out all of the other posts in the series and the introduction to it here.

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Sometimes knowing exactly what we want is really hard.  I know that sometimes I can feel it, but putting it into words and making it tangible is just out of my reach.  When this happens, I make a list of things I don't want.  This helps me figure out exactly what I do want.  For example, I do not want to be stressed about homemaking.  Which means that I do want a way for me to feel relaxed about it.  Make sense?

Here is my list of things I don't want in my home:
Stress
Messy
Dirty
Yelling
Anger
Ugly
Junky
Empty
Sad
Hungry
Thirsty
Fear
Beging
Worry
Anxiety
Disaster
too cold
too sterile
Stuffy
too Perfect
un-lived in
boring
broken

This list could go on, but it gives me a great sense of what I DO NOT want, leaving me with what I do (see tomorrows post for that).  What are things you don't want in your home?

Cheers!

Ashley

Pray

Welcome to my 31 Days to Create Purpose in your home!  During the month of October, I am posting every day about creating purpose in your home and joining all of these bloggers who are also posting for 31 days on a topic of their choice.  I would love for you to follow me, and check out all of the other posts in the series and the introduction to it here.

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I know that not everyone who reads my blog believes in prayer.  That is ok, feel free to skip this post, however I could not write about creating purpose in your home without prayer.

When you are seeking out what you want your home to look and feel like, seeking God for me is a must.  I don't just want my thoughts and ideas to create the purpose in my home.  I must seek His thoughts and ideas for the purpose of my home.  Spend some time praying today about what God wants for your home to be.  Like RIGHT NOW!  You may be surprised with His answers.  I will leave you with the following thoughts from scripture to think about while you pray and seek God's purpose for your home.

We are called to show hospitality to strangers (Hebrews 13:2)

Home is used for where we are going to be with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8)

We are to talk about God and His Word in our home (Deuteronomy 6:7)



Cheers!

Ashley