In hindsight (youngest is 13) I feel like toy rotation is oftentimes for mom because we have a hard time getting rid of the toys. Ask me how I know!! 😂
Yup! Truly, growing up, the word 'bored' was banned in our home. For the record, I had GREAT parents. We learned through them how to occupy our time with a large variety of 'tasks.' One being prayer! Even quiet time was an activity granting us time to slow down, contemplate life, watch the birds, etc. ♡
My son, who is 44, remembers going to Grandma and Grandpa's house to visit. They lived on a farm. Chris went to my mom and said, "I'm bored." She said "ok...go out and hoe in the garden for awhile." Chris did that. The next day, he said to my mom, I don't know what to do. But I'm NOT BORED!"
I love watching and listening to you both. First let me say I'm 69 years old so I have no children at home and I was on a roll decluttering and organizing after I retired 4 years ago. (Also I'm not complaining or want anyone to feel sorry for me - far from it) My husband of 45 years has dementia and I am his full time care giver, I've been very fortunate to have had him and still have him in my life all these years. Just in the last 2 years he has gotten worse so I have fallen off my roll (LOL). When I watch you Diana and Dawn it gives me strength and a little push to get back on my roll little by little. So I want to thank you both for all you do for all ages. God Bless you both and your beautiful families. 💕
These videos are great for finding motivation & to remind us to give ourselves a little grace. Caregivers, especially need these reminders. Sometimes, it’s all we can do just to get through the day😅
It would be great if you could find someone that had suggestions for making life simpler when you are doing it all- Single women and the widows. Every seasons of life changes.
I do sometimes find myself buying certain ccontainers. I’m getting a large one for board games but decluttering this weekend toys and games my boys no longer play with. And giving myself a new boundary with toys. Even after decluttering for several years, toys are still a pain point with four boys and lots of family who feel it necessary to give them things consistently like marketing says to. Our new year’s goal is to have a peaceful time with play time for the family!
Alternative to rotating toys: When I was a kid, we had a 'Sunday Box' which held toys and games which only came out on Sunday, which helped to make Sunday feel a special day even when I was tiny.
My son in law calls out a "toy jail". After a specific time, he would say, "jail break"! And the kids would laugh and come running. Then they would see again what they liked and didn't like. He is always making ordinary things a game... can make up a game on the spot. He's just a lot of fun!
Unrelated but wanted to compliment you both on how good your current hairstyles & colors look- very becoming of you both. Love when you two get together!
My mom died 3 weeks ago. Everything is overwhelming and I've been reminded to give myself and others some grace. I'm adopting the small.... slow.... simple lifestyle.
Regarding chore chart: my children are grown now, but when they were young, I tried so many different methods for keeping track of chores. I finally threw the charts all away, and told my kids to always help with whatever needs to be done every day for the rest of their lives. Chores are part of life and never go away, so you might as well have a constant good cheerful, helpful attitude. There were consequences if they didn’t. I have four happy hard-working daughters raising my nine beautiful grandchildren
I had the rule where my kids could not say they were bored in the summer or they would be assigned a chore BUT I also worked with them before summer came to create their own list of things they could do if they found themselves not knowing what to do with their time. Sometimes it’s really hard to go from a strictly scheduled school week or year to very little or no structure during the summertime.
Hmmm...I teach 125 students, I probably see 100 per day on our rotating schedule, but this helps explain why I don't feel up to spending time with extra friends during the school year.
Decided this last year after having my twins we did ZERO extracurricular activities Kids don't even miss it and they've gotten a lot more sleep not having to get up early to go in or stay out late for practices or such! We'll introduce a couple family activities but no more all around here there unless they ABSOLUTELY love it.
I love this ! We limited activities and our kids are so much better for it. They’re grown and no one is sad that they didn’t have more sports ! We have great memories and traditions and the kids are close.
@devinfarrelly3768 that's nice to know I'm not 'ruining their lives ' lol I'm the oldest of 4 by 6&9yrs (twin sisters) and I remember my parents driving me all over the universe and I felt bad bc I seriously had something every single night and on weekends and they drug the littles out or only my dad would drive me missing family time. I rarely spent time with my family. I also was a step child and I know they signed me up for stuff and did family things w/o me. Which also broke my heart I don't ever want my kiddos to feel that way either... like welp you were in cheer so we went out to dinner or took the littles to see a kid movie etc. So building those family relationships has always been #1. And knowing me not driving them all over creation is ok and not going to ruin their lives lol
I went through a divorce in 2022. I was overwhelmed with the instant onboarding of all the responsibilities and tasks that were once shared between my spouse and I. I dubbed 2023 as my year of "no." I did nothing extra, and just held on tight and survived. No extra Christmas parties, no extra outings with coworkers or friends outside of my 5 friends and immediate family. No church trips. Etc. I just straight up told those who asked me "I'm sorry but I have to say no. I just cannot manage it right now." I did catch myself being bored sometimes in those 365 days, but I still didn't budge on the act of doing extra. I took note, though, on the things I looked back on and felt like I had been bumned to miss, and made sure to make room for them in my schedule this year. It did, however, make it much easier to say "no" again this year, to those busy activities that crept in years ago and had no business staying on my calendar. My mind and energy levels have been much freer since unsubscribing to all those busy events!
Diana, I love your prayers. Thank you for including them in your videos, they're beautiful. You always pray what's in my heart and mind but can't come up with the words to express what's there so thank you for giving my heart a voice.
The ‘time will tell bin’ has legit changed my life. I’m a ‘stacker’ by nature 😂 I’ve learned that ONE plastic filing box under my cabinet, out of sight for all important KEEP paperwork is also my jam. If it doesn’t get in my small time-will-tell bin (which is easy to hide when company is coming), and my KEEP box… it goes in the trash. Time tested…I no longer have ANY paperwork piles ANYWHERE in my home successfully for over TWO YEARS now. IT WORKS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Bed making, start a load of wash set with a timer to go early am, put in dryer, empty dishwasher. Meal planning, mail management, out laundry all the way away. In between I reward myself. The feeling of having less to manage is so healthy.
My kids are now adults and I so agree with Dawn about changing systems for the seasons. It's so important to constantly be re-evaluating. As far as asking the kids to pick up their things - if we expect the kids to help us with the dishwasher and the laundry and the bathroom tidying, then we need to be willing to help them with picking up toys and putting away clothes and getting their rooms tidy. It needs to be a two way street. Let's all pitch in together to be helpful and kind.
Growing up my son always had a toy box and everything had to fit and the lid had to close. The box gave him boundaries and he sorted and deleted his own toys. We only bought “toys” his for his birthday and Christmas and it was limited. As he got older he could buy things with his own money but it was amazing how quickly he became very thoughtful about his spending.
I used to have mail stacked on the counter until it reached about 6 inches high and I could hear it screaming at me. (You’re not using coupons, they’re going to expire, you have bills in here that are probably overdue). I finally have a system that ‘s worked for several years. Every day when the mail comes I go straight to my desk. Use a letter opener and immediately separate in piles. Recycle, shred, coupons and bills. The bills go in a bank bag in numerical order of due date on the outside of the bill, coupons in my coupon box and shred the shred pile and recycle in the recycle can. It only takes 5 minutes and I never have a pile of mail.
My nine year old granddaughter just visited for four days. Her favourite activity was making things out of the kitchen roll and string. She is super imaginative and creative. And books from the library. ❤❤❤
I love watching each of you and your channels, but love watching you two together even more. You both compliment each other!! Even though my children are grown I share you with our younger mothers at church that are struggling with the daily grind of managing being a Godly woman,a wife, mother and work a full time job.
My kids had way too much growing up, but 8pm was pickup time every night. Never argued with me, it was our routine. It worked for us. But now at 17 and 14, they don't want anything.
Yes kids do not so many toys! I wasn’t able to financially afford much but with my youngest, I bought what helped her with her OT& PT and more room for her to get physically stronger. More space for momma too to be on the floor enjoying her. Boy, once she could walk at 2, she enjoyed the large acre of yard to run and explore .
I used to think I was failing at chore charts because they would be great for a week or two and then I would try something else. But what I realized is that it’s not failing but it’s actually fun to change it up and do some things different. I do all sorts of incentives for chores and challenges to help learn habits. And I will sort of rotate them. Sometimes the kids will say “momma remember when we did the tickets for good behavior?” And I’ll do that one again for a week. But it’s so fun to do different things.
I am scaling back on my volunteering- when things are no longer a joy, it's time to let next person do it. I found that with making Christmas costumes for the annual Christmas play. When I was younger and had lots of energy and help around the house, costumes were fun. Now it is just me- I can't do it all.
My youngest daughter loves to cook, but Doesn’t like to clean up afterwards. When I told her that I was going to pack up the pots and pans when not washed, She started washing them!!! You’re both beautifully smart!!! 🥰
We organize our kids allowance by spend, give and save too. We use those small coupon filing envelopes so it's all in one place. We even have them decide what they're saving for and put a sticky note in the save spot to remind them the reason they are saving. It has worked so well for us.
Dr. Phil once said & it really hit me “bored people are boring!” I never let myself feel “bored” 😂 Diana you are giving me the solution!! Not a daily use item? Off &/or put it goes! Thank you both, so motivating and uplifting 🙏🏻😊
Im an empty nester and I am known for being busy all the time. I belonged to 3 groups of women: Bible study, a sorority and my old group from high school. Yes we are still friends and just turned 60. We travel together and celebrate our birthdays. Anyway, I quit the sorority. Even though the ladies there were lovely. I had very little in common with them. I am helping my daughter lab her wedding also. Boy, that is like a part time job! Every time, I am tempted to say yes to things, I have to remind myself to say no. I have been successful at limiting my commitments but I feel guilty. Listening to you Dawn, is very encouraging and I sure hope that I can one day not feel guilty for saying g no.
I created the “Turtle, Frog and Sloth” approach to decluttering and it has spilled into my life mindset… a turtle because it is slow and sometimes only makes progress when it sticks it neck out… a frog because it only goes forward… and a sloth to remind me to have unstructured sloth time… great video Diana and Dawn.
💯 agree that we’re not all called to volunteer in person at each stage of life. I wasn’t a school volunteer except an occasional chaperone - it’s not my gift, but I found ways that work for me to participate in community, sewing, baking, being a good neighbor, but mostly by focusing on being the best Mom, wife and friend. Zero guilt.
Wow I’m so behind on watching your videos, THIS is exactly what I needed to hear today! Small, SLOW, Simple ❤️. I love you ladies and I’m so thankful for you both 😊
I like how Grace comes through to your listeners. I fly a lot. I think that we look at all kinds of culprits for causing lack of energy without thinking of unnatural speed.
Truly, growing up, the word 'bored' was banned in our home. For the record, I had GREAT parents. We learned through them how to occupy our time with a large variety of 'tasks.' And, NOT muti-tasking! One being prayer! Even quiet time was an activity granting us time to slow down, contemplate life & watch the birds, etc. ♡
I’m at the toy spot at approximately eight minutes and what I will say is this is so true. I really didn’t rotate toys, but my daughter-in-law started that with her kids and the truth is she doesn’t do it anymore either. It’s too much work and the truth is they have too many things and she can’t deal with them and they’re too small to deal with them right now.
How about getting kids to pick up toys… I used to tell my kids that they only have to pick up the things they want to keep. They were able to finish the thought process on their own. Once they saw me grabbing a bag and putting their stuff in the bag… They got busy in a hurry!
I found your channel thru Dawn, and of course I to hit the subscribe button after one video! Thank you for doing what you do and for the beautiful prayer at the end. I have a knitting podcast that I also felt drawn to have a bible time and prayer at the end, all of God's blessings for you and your family
In the chapter on the discipline of the mind, in ‘Discipline: The Glad Surrender,’ Elisabeth Elliot wrote, “A simple and orderly life represents a clean and orderly mind.” That’s what “tidy space, tidy mind” reminded me of! 🥰
"Boredom is lack of creativity" is the saying in our house. If the boys come to me I usually give them a task to help me with whatever chores I'm doing and use it as a moment to connect with them. Also it's OK for kids to feel boredom - it can be motivating in a good way
This is so good!! We stopped rotating toys because they just ended up creeping back into our home. Everything functions so much better with only a few toys!
Thanks so much for the great tips, and especially for praying at the end. That was such a blessing to me. God bless you both. Thanks so much for what you do, it really helps the people you reach with the videos.
YES having a committed day and time for paperwork and mail if a game changer!!! My current mailing system is labeled zipper bags that are a little larger than legal paper. I have an incoming, shred, recycle, file, and 3 folder one. My three folder has that many pockets. The first one is to deal with this week. The second one is next week. The third one is for this month. When I open things, I sort to what makes sense in my brain and how much I can afford that week. If it's a pay mortgage week, electric will get paid next week. It's also helped me not feel so overwhelmed with every piece of paper that needs attention.
I live near St Cloud and I miss listening to you two in the morning. I know it's been awhile. I'm glad I found your RUclips videos! You are both so practical and encouraging.
We moved and spent 4 months in air bnbs this summer. All our stuff including toys were in boxes. The kids barely noticed they didn’t have toys. And the new toys they got during that time they barely played with! They wanted to be outside throwing pine cones in the river and sword fighting with sticks. And my oldest could not leave a bird house alone bc he was so curious about the bird living inside. He climbed up and opened it. Even though I thought it was awesome that he was so curious I scolded him for endangering the eggs inside. Don’t worry they were all fine. But point is. Obviously they don’t need toys lol
When my kids were a little older, if I had to pick something of theirs up they had to buy it back from me, either with money or doing something for me. Worked beautifully!
My almost 4 year old managed to get most of his paw patrol car collection downstairs little by little. We threw away 5 out of 9 with his approval. We kept his favorites, and got rid of the excess 😊
We have a large catch all bin for receipts bills etc by the mud room door. I go though it every few months. We also have a key cabinet with mail storage that my husband keeps unpaid bills in. I think it helps that is right by the door where mail comes in. Most things don’t make it to the kitchen!
That sign would be Wonderful if everyone whom I am responsible would be home❣️ My children do after school or are the busiest at 3pm to 9 pm. I need to be more closely available to be my family's 🚕 taxi. My youngest gets out of Cheer practice at about 6pm daily. Then, start HW about 7pm. We both use the phone for spelling. We have Dyslexia. If I am blessed to be cooking I a new recipe or need to recall an old recipe, "RUclips" helps me. I have been fighting with dementia for 10 years. Have successfully slowed it down seriously ❣️❣️❣️
I am pregnant and usually have pretty bad morning sickness, so a lot of things have fallen to the wayside. I am trying to give myself grace and remember it is a season and in planning for systems and revamping things once I come out of this funk, I am really trying to think about what has worked in the past vs. what hasn’t. I tend to try to do too much initially (happened with homeschool, trying to make tons of food from scratch, buying more groceries than is realistic, etc.) and then I get overwhelmed and can’t keep it up. Constantly reminding myself that simple is better. One system that is really working for me is chores for my oldest (10). She gets an allowance that corresponds with her age, but she can also lose it. She has a “big” chore associated with each weekday (cleaning her room, giving the dog a bath, washing her clothes, etc.) and then we ask for help with other small things when needed. She is into the routine of her big chores that I don’t have to nag her anymore, and she just knows she has to do them each day before she can see her friend who lives down the street from us.
When I was growing up, you never said the word boring around my mother. She would always be able to find you more chores to do!!!!!
❤❤❤❤❤
In hindsight (youngest is 13) I feel like toy rotation is oftentimes for mom because we have a hard time getting rid of the toys. Ask me how I know!! 😂
Yup! Truly, growing up, the word 'bored' was banned in our home. For the record, I had GREAT parents. We learned through them how to occupy our time with a large variety of 'tasks.' One being prayer! Even quiet time was an activity granting us time to slow down, contemplate life, watch the birds, etc. ♡
My mom, too! I became a voracious reader. :D
My son, who is 44, remembers going to Grandma and Grandpa's house to visit. They lived on a farm. Chris went to my mom and said, "I'm bored." She said "ok...go out and hoe in the garden for awhile." Chris did that. The next day, he said to my mom, I don't know what to do. But I'm NOT BORED!"
I love watching and listening to you both. First let me say I'm 69 years old so I have no children at home and I was on a roll decluttering and organizing after I retired 4 years ago. (Also I'm not complaining or want anyone to feel sorry for me - far from it) My husband of 45 years has dementia and I am his full time care giver, I've been very fortunate to have had him and still have him in my life all these years. Just in the last 2 years he has gotten worse so I have fallen off my roll (LOL). When I watch you Diana and Dawn it gives me strength and a little push to get back on my roll little by little. So I want to thank you both for all you do for all ages. God Bless you both and your beautiful families. 💕
Bless you and your husband 🙏
These videos are great for finding motivation & to remind us to give ourselves a little grace. Caregivers, especially need these reminders. Sometimes, it’s all we can do just to get through the day😅
It would be great if you could find someone that had suggestions for making life simpler when you are doing it all- Single women and the widows. Every seasons of life changes.
Every time I think I need a new storage container I remember it's not a container problem it's an
inventory problem❤
Yes, indeed! ♡
Or in other words too many things!!
I do sometimes find myself buying certain ccontainers. I’m getting a large one for board games but decluttering this weekend toys and games my boys no longer play with. And giving myself a new boundary with toys. Even after decluttering for several years, toys are still a pain point with four boys and lots of family who feel it necessary to give them things consistently like marketing says to. Our new year’s goal is to have a peaceful time with play time for the family!
I just love how you close in prayer with such love and empathy. ❤ you and Dawn ooze the goodness and joy of the Lord!
Yes! I love the way that Dawn closes her videos by saying I love you.
Alternative to rotating toys: When I was a kid, we had a 'Sunday Box' which held toys and games which only came out on Sunday, which helped to make Sunday feel a special day even when I was tiny.
Great idea!
Love this! I kind of treat games this way.
Even busy bags for the younger set- going to someones house who do not have children or quiet things for in church.
A peaceful fall in Australian English would mean you calmly fell over lol
Happy autumn 🍁❤
My son in law calls out a "toy jail". After a specific time, he would say, "jail break"! And the kids would laugh and come running. Then they would see again what they liked and didn't like. He is always making ordinary things a game... can make up a game on the spot. He's just a lot of fun!
Unrelated but wanted to compliment you both on how good your current hairstyles & colors look- very becoming of you both. Love when you two get together!
I am a 76 year old widow with a very slow life. Yet I just love your videos. Thank you for such varied content. I just love stopping in to visit.
My mom died 3 weeks ago. Everything is overwhelming and I've been reminded to give myself and others some grace. I'm adopting the small.... slow.... simple lifestyle.
(((Hugs)))
I’m so sorry about your Mum.
Also so sorry for the loss of your Mum. I lost mine 2 years ago. Sending you a big hug.
Sorry for your loss ❤
♡
I have 8 children. My chore chart is “ hey, I need you to do this today before you do anything else”! It works perfectly every time!!
Regarding chore chart: my children are grown now, but when they were young, I tried so many different methods for keeping track of chores. I finally threw the charts all away, and told my kids to always help with whatever needs to be done every day for the rest of their lives. Chores are part of life and never go away, so you might as well have a constant good cheerful, helpful attitude. There were consequences if they didn’t. I have four happy hard-working daughters raising my nine beautiful grandchildren
I had the rule where my kids could not say they were bored in the summer or they would be assigned a chore BUT I also worked with them before summer came to create their own list of things they could do if they found themselves not knowing what to do with their time. Sometimes it’s really hard to go from a strictly scheduled school week or year to very little or no structure during the summertime.
Hmmm...I teach 125 students, I probably see 100 per day on our rotating schedule, but this helps explain why I don't feel up to spending time with extra friends during the school year.
Decided this last year after having my twins we did ZERO extracurricular activities
Kids don't even miss it and they've gotten a lot more sleep not having to get up early to go in or stay out late for practices or such!
We'll introduce a couple family activities but no more all around here there unless they ABSOLUTELY love it.
I love this ! We limited activities and our kids are so much better for it. They’re grown and no one is sad that they didn’t have more sports ! We have great memories and traditions and the kids are close.
@devinfarrelly3768 that's nice to know I'm not 'ruining their lives ' lol I'm the oldest of 4 by 6&9yrs (twin sisters) and I remember my parents driving me all over the universe and I felt bad bc I seriously had something every single night and on weekends and they drug the littles out or only my dad would drive me missing family time.
I rarely spent time with my family. I also was a step child and I know they signed me up for stuff and did family things w/o me. Which also broke my heart I don't ever want my kiddos to feel that way either... like welp you were in cheer so we went out to dinner or took the littles to see a kid movie etc.
So building those family relationships has always been #1. And knowing me not driving them all over creation is ok and not going to ruin their lives lol
Thank you for that precious prayer over us! What a blessing - I receive it in Jesus’ name!
🙏
Slow and simple. A perfect start to what can become a busy season.
I went through a divorce in 2022. I was overwhelmed with the instant onboarding of all the responsibilities and tasks that were once shared between my spouse and I. I dubbed 2023 as my year of "no." I did nothing extra, and just held on tight and survived. No extra Christmas parties, no extra outings with coworkers or friends outside of my 5 friends and immediate family. No church trips. Etc. I just straight up told those who asked me "I'm sorry but I have to say no. I just cannot manage it right now." I did catch myself being bored sometimes in those 365 days, but I still didn't budge on the act of doing extra. I took note, though, on the things I looked back on and felt like I had been bumned to miss, and made sure to make room for them in my schedule this year. It did, however, make it much easier to say "no" again this year, to those busy activities that crept in years ago and had no business staying on my calendar.
My mind and energy levels have been much freer since unsubscribing to all those busy events!
Diana, I love your prayers. Thank you for including them in your videos, they're beautiful. You always pray what's in my heart and mind but can't come up with the words to express what's there so thank you for giving my heart a voice.
The ‘time will tell bin’ has legit changed my life. I’m a ‘stacker’ by nature 😂 I’ve learned that ONE plastic filing box under my cabinet, out of sight for all important KEEP paperwork is also my jam. If it doesn’t get in my small time-will-tell bin (which is easy to hide when company is coming), and my KEEP box… it goes in the trash. Time tested…I no longer have ANY paperwork piles ANYWHERE in my home successfully for over TWO YEARS now. IT WORKS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
I love that system! "Keep" 📥 &
"time will tell"📦📂 ⏳️
And throw
away! 🗑 🚮 🚛
So "goodbye" 👋🏻🙋♀️🙋🏼♀️ to "I can't decide!"🤔🙇♀️🙇🏼♀️ pile! 🌬🍙
Bed making, start a load of wash set with a timer to go early am, put in dryer, empty dishwasher. Meal planning, mail management, out laundry all the way away. In between I reward myself. The feeling of having less to manage is so healthy.
I just love you sisters. Love your godly approach.
I’ve found that if I take the Highway, I feel way more dysregulated. Now, If I can reasonably take another slower route, I do.
I love small, slow, simple
😂 it's like brain storming session. All the ideas. You are on a roll! 💡
My kids are now adults and I so agree with Dawn about changing systems for the seasons. It's so important to constantly be re-evaluating. As far as asking the kids to pick up their things - if we expect the kids to help us with the dishwasher and the laundry and the bathroom tidying, then we need to be willing to help them with picking up toys and putting away clothes and getting their rooms tidy. It needs to be a two way street. Let's all pitch in together to be helpful and kind.
“Clean house clean mind” love it!
Growing up my son always had a toy box and everything had to fit and the lid had to close. The box gave him boundaries and he sorted and deleted his own toys. We only bought “toys” his for his birthday and Christmas and it was limited. As he got older he could buy things with his own money but it was amazing how quickly he became very thoughtful about his spending.
I used to have mail stacked on the counter until it reached about 6 inches high and I could hear it screaming at me. (You’re not using coupons, they’re going to expire, you have bills in here that are probably overdue). I finally have a system that ‘s worked for several years. Every day when the mail comes I go straight to my desk. Use a letter opener and immediately separate in piles. Recycle, shred, coupons and bills. The bills go in a bank bag in numerical order of due date on the outside of the bill, coupons in my coupon box and shred the shred pile and recycle in the recycle can. It only takes 5 minutes and I never have a pile of mail.
I do the same except I pay my bills and put them back in the mail same day.
What a great feeling of relief ! I also have mastered my mail monster and it’s the biggest source of relief of anxiety.
@@jeannieplett878 I should do that too!!
@@devinfarrelly3768 It sure is!! I wish I knew all this stuff when I was Dawn & Diana’s age.
My nine year old granddaughter just visited for four days. Her favourite activity was making things out of the kitchen roll and string. She is super imaginative and creative. And books from the library. ❤❤❤
I would love more collaborations with your sister! ❤ loved watching this video.
This is the first Diana video I've seen. The two of you warm my MN heart and I love that you close in prayer.
I love watching each of you and your channels, but love watching you two together even more. You both compliment each other!! Even though my children are grown I share you with our younger mothers at church that are struggling with the daily grind of managing being a Godly woman,a wife, mother and work a full time job.
Hi Windy, how's your day going with you?
My kids had way too much growing up, but 8pm was pickup time every night. Never argued with me, it was our routine. It worked for us. But now at 17 and 14, they don't want anything.
I am loving the hundred, and fifty people saying. It makes so much sense. Both of you are helping so many women! ❤
Diana, I LOVE how you have a visual time of prayer to the Lord after all of your videos! They bring Joy & Calm to my heart....! :)
...and Peace!! ;)
Yes kids do not so many toys!
I wasn’t able to financially afford much but with my youngest, I bought what helped her with her OT& PT and more room for her to get physically stronger. More space for momma too to be on the floor enjoying her. Boy, once she could walk at 2, she enjoyed the large acre of yard to run and explore .
I rotate the educational toys and keep out building toys and pretend play toys all the time.
I used to think I was failing at chore charts because they would be great for a week or two and then I would try something else. But what I realized is that it’s not failing but it’s actually fun to change it up and do some things different. I do all sorts of incentives for chores and challenges to help learn habits. And I will sort of rotate them. Sometimes the kids will say “momma remember when we did the tickets for good behavior?” And I’ll do that one again for a week. But it’s so fun to do different things.
That’s so smart !!
I am scaling back on my volunteering- when things are no longer a joy, it's time to let next person do it. I found that with making Christmas costumes for the annual Christmas play. When I was younger and had lots of energy and help around the house, costumes were fun. Now it is just me- I can't do it all.
My youngest daughter loves to cook, but Doesn’t like to clean up afterwards. When I told her that I was going to pack up the pots and pans when not washed, She started washing them!!! You’re both beautifully smart!!! 🥰
We organize our kids allowance by spend, give and save too. We use those small coupon filing envelopes so it's all in one place. We even have them decide what they're saving for and put a sticky note in the save spot to remind them the reason they are saving. It has worked so well for us.
Thank you both so much! Always encouraging!!!:)
Love the ‘no phone zone’ sign 👍
I needed every word of this episode.
Dr. Phil once said & it really hit me “bored people are boring!” I never let myself feel “bored” 😂 Diana you are giving me the solution!! Not a daily use item? Off &/or put it goes! Thank you both, so motivating and uplifting 🙏🏻😊
Im an empty nester and I am known for being busy all the time. I belonged to 3 groups of women: Bible study, a sorority and my old group from high school. Yes we are still friends and just turned 60. We travel together and celebrate our birthdays. Anyway, I quit the sorority. Even though the ladies there were lovely. I had very little in common with them. I am helping my daughter lab her wedding also. Boy, that is like a part time job! Every time, I am tempted to say yes to things, I have to remind myself to say no. I have been successful at limiting my commitments but I feel guilty. Listening to you Dawn, is very encouraging and I sure hope that I can one day not feel guilty for saying g no.
Hi Ana, how's your day going with you?
I created the “Turtle, Frog and Sloth” approach to decluttering and it has spilled into my life mindset… a turtle because it is slow and sometimes only makes progress when it sticks it neck out… a frog because it only goes forward… and a sloth to remind me to have unstructured sloth time… great video Diana and Dawn.
Such good advice. I was especially blessed by your prayer at the end. Thank you.
💯 agree that we’re not all called to volunteer in person at each stage of life. I wasn’t a school volunteer except an occasional chaperone - it’s not my gift, but I found ways that work for me to participate in community, sewing, baking, being a good neighbor, but mostly by focusing on being the best Mom, wife and friend. Zero guilt.
Wow I’m so behind on watching your videos, THIS is exactly what I needed to hear today! Small, SLOW, Simple ❤️. I love you ladies and I’m so thankful for you both 😊
I like how Grace comes through to your listeners. I fly a lot. I think that we look at all kinds of culprits for causing lack of energy without thinking of unnatural speed.
Truly, growing up, the word 'bored' was banned in our home. For the record, I had GREAT parents. We learned through them how to occupy our time with a large variety of 'tasks.' And, NOT muti-tasking! One being prayer! Even quiet time was an activity granting us time to slow down, contemplate life & watch the birds, etc. ♡
I am forever grateful to Dawn for teaching me how to manage papers .... mahalo
I’m at the toy spot at approximately eight minutes and what I will say is this is so true. I really didn’t rotate toys, but my daughter-in-law started that with her kids and the truth is she doesn’t do it anymore either. It’s too much work and the truth is they have too many things and she can’t deal with them and they’re too small to deal with them right now.
How about getting kids to pick up toys… I used to tell my kids that they only have to pick up the things they want to keep. They were able to finish the thought process on their own. Once they saw me grabbing a bag and putting their stuff in the bag… They got busy in a hurry!
I found your channel thru Dawn, and of course I to hit the subscribe button after one video! Thank you for doing what you do and for the beautiful prayer at the end. I have a knitting podcast that I also felt drawn to have a bible time and prayer at the end, all of God's blessings for you and your family
Just tell a bored kid that a smart kid will find something to do. It works!
Or give them a chore to do.
Amen 🙏 love you my beautiful sisters in Christ! ❤
Thank you soooo much.
In the chapter on the discipline of the mind, in ‘Discipline: The Glad Surrender,’ Elisabeth Elliot wrote, “A simple and orderly life represents a clean and orderly mind.” That’s what “tidy space, tidy mind” reminded me of! 🥰
So true!
This was so fun and helpful! Thank you ladies❤
Can really get behind eventually not doing toy rotation but I really do love it for younger kids!
Love your shirt Diana!
Wow how wonderful to end in prayer, I loved that. My soul felt refreshed. I also loved the sign! I wanna put that up!
Both of you look lovely. Your current styles are very fresh and flattering.
Wow thank you for these tips...especially the prayer. It was so cool to hear you praying. Thank you so much. Blessings for you all 🎉
Love this video! ❤
Great video, as I declutter life is getting more simple. I crave slow and simple, thank you.
Boy i needed to hear this today for myself! Have slipped in my declutteri g process lately
I so enjoyed this video! Lots of good ideas & laughter!
"Boredom is lack of creativity" is the saying in our house. If the boys come to me I usually give them a task to help me with whatever chores I'm doing and use it as a moment to connect with them. Also it's OK for kids to feel boredom - it can be motivating in a good way
This is so good!! We stopped rotating toys because they just ended up creeping back into our home. Everything functions so much better with only a few toys!
When a kid brings a new word home, ask "What does THAT mean?" I don't know that word! hahaha!
Cute top Dawn! Love you both!
Your hair is so pretty 😍
Thanks so much for the great tips, and especially for praying at the end. That was such a blessing to me. God bless you both. Thanks so much for what you do, it really helps the people you reach with the videos.
YES having a committed day and time for paperwork and mail if a game changer!!! My current mailing system is labeled zipper bags that are a little larger than legal paper. I have an incoming, shred, recycle, file, and 3 folder one. My three folder has that many pockets. The first one is to deal with this week. The second one is next week. The third one is for this month. When I open things, I sort to what makes sense in my brain and how much I can afford that week. If it's a pay mortgage week, electric will get paid next week. It's also helped me not feel so overwhelmed with every piece of paper that needs attention.
such a beautiful prayer. thank you so much.
thank you for the beautiful prayer
Love you ladies and the wisdom you bring.🥰 💜✝️
Our chore chart is a 5 minute tidy when asked (which is when I remember) and clean your room on Saturday!
My daughter and her family have a digital Sabbath when they don’t do anything digital on Sunday. It seems to be working well for them.
I luv that! Digital Sabbath.
Poster idea for sure!
Beautiful prayer..
I loveeee that sign i will be using it 4 sure
So helpful. Thank you very much. ❤
I live near St Cloud and I miss listening to you two in the morning. I know it's been awhile. I'm glad I found your RUclips videos! You are both so practical and encouraging.
Love your videos together. And, you both look extra fabulous today (loving your hair Diana)!
Love this….thank you so much ❤
We moved and spent 4 months in air bnbs this summer. All our stuff including toys were in boxes. The kids barely noticed they didn’t have toys. And the new toys they got during that time they barely played with! They wanted to be outside throwing pine cones in the river and sword fighting with sticks. And my oldest could not leave a bird house alone bc he was so curious about the bird living inside. He climbed up and opened it. Even though I thought it was awesome that he was so curious I scolded him for endangering the eggs inside. Don’t worry they were all fine. But point is. Obviously they don’t need toys lol
When my kids were a little older, if I had to pick something of theirs up they had to buy it back from me, either with money or doing something for me. Worked beautifully!
My almost 4 year old managed to get most of his paw patrol car collection downstairs little by little. We threw away 5 out of 9 with his approval. We kept his favorites, and got rid of the excess 😊
Im not religious but I love your prayer at the end.
LOVE the art
You both look so exceptionally pretty today!! 🙋♀️🥰💕‼️
We have a large catch all bin for receipts bills etc by the mud room door. I go though it every few months. We also have a key cabinet with mail storage that my husband keeps unpaid bills in. I think it helps that is right by the door where mail comes in. Most things don’t make it to the kitchen!
I hate mail so much. Ty for sharing this.
Hi Gypsy, how's your day going with you?
Great tips
That sign would be Wonderful if everyone whom I am responsible would be home❣️
My children do after school or are the busiest at 3pm to 9 pm. I need to be more closely available to be my family's 🚕 taxi. My youngest gets out of Cheer practice at about 6pm daily. Then, start HW about 7pm. We both use the phone for spelling. We have Dyslexia.
If I am blessed to be cooking I a new recipe or need to recall an old recipe, "RUclips" helps me. I have been fighting with dementia for 10 years. Have successfully slowed it down seriously ❣️❣️❣️
I am pregnant and usually have pretty bad morning sickness, so a lot of things have fallen to the wayside. I am trying to give myself grace and remember it is a season and in planning for systems and revamping things once I come out of this funk, I am really trying to think about what has worked in the past vs. what hasn’t. I tend to try to do too much initially (happened with homeschool, trying to make tons of food from scratch, buying more groceries than is realistic, etc.) and then I get overwhelmed and can’t keep it up. Constantly reminding myself that simple is better.
One system that is really working for me is chores for my oldest (10). She gets an allowance that corresponds with her age, but she can also lose it. She has a “big” chore associated with each weekday (cleaning her room, giving the dog a bath, washing her clothes, etc.) and then we ask for help with other small things when needed. She is into the routine of her big chores that I don’t have to nag her anymore, and she just knows she has to do them each day before she can see her friend who lives down the street from us.