Need a little homemaking motivation? I’m sharing what’s actually helping me enjoy homemaking right now, from simple summer rhythms and meal planning to faith, motherhood, and finding joy in the everyday work of home.
Hey friends, welcome back to my home. I’ve been craving simple things that make the ordinary work of home feel lighter again. I know there are seasons where homemaking feels joyful and life-giving, and then there are seasons where you’re just trying to keep up with the dishes, laundry, meals, and the emotional weight of life at the same time.
I thought today would be a good opportunity to simply sit down and share what’s actually helping me enjoy homemaking right now. I always learn so much from hearing what’s working for other women in their homes, and sometimes it’s the little things—the small shifts, rhythms, or mindset changes—that end up making the biggest difference.
If you’ve been needing a little homemaking motivation lately, maybe while you’re folding a load of laundry, cleaning the kitchen, or sipping your morning cup of coffee, I hope this feels like a conversation between friends. These are just a few things helping me in this season, and maybe one of them will encourage you too. Welcome to Healing Home. I hope you are enouraged and inspired by your time here.
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The Small Homemaking Rhythms Making Summer Feel Easier
The first thing genuinely helping me enjoy homemaking again has been leaning into summer rhythms instead of trying to force routines that no longer fit the season we’re in. I think sometimes we make homemaking harder than it has to be because we’re trying to hold onto systems that worked in a different season. Summer with kids home, busy days outside, gardens growing, and longer evenings naturally changes the rhythm of home.
One thing I’ve unexpectedly been loving lately is using our flat iron out on the patio. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen me making eggs out there or cooking supper while the boys run around outside. There is just something about being outdoors, hearing the chickens nearby, watching the kids wander in and out of the yard, and not heating up the kitchen that has made meals feel enjoyable again instead of just another thing on my to-do list. It feels slower somehow, even though life certainly isn’t slower.
If you have a flat iron, do you have a favorite meal that you make on it? I need more ideas!
Another practical thing helping me so much has been keeping meal planning simple. Every week, I write out meals on my little blackboard, and while it isn’t fancy, it has made such a difference for my mental load. I think sometimes the hardest part of feeding a family—especially with a large family—isn’t even cooking the meal itself; it’s trying to answer the question of what are we even eating tonight? By already having a plan, I feel like I’m walking into the kitchen with less stress and more peace, especially during these busy summer days.
I do share my weekly menu plan in the newsletter every week, so if you are looking for fresh inspiration, be sure to check that out!
And I have to mention my new easy einkorn bread recipe, because this one has honestly been such a gift in this season. So many of you love einkorn but feel intimidated by long sourdough processes or recipes that take all day, and this recipe uses instant yeast, which feels like exactly what I need right now. I still get the joy of homemade bread filling the kitchen, but in a way that feels manageable for real life.
There is something deeply comforting about pulling fresh bread out of the oven, gathering eggs from the coop, and making family meals that feel nourishing without being complicated. If you want to try it, I’ll have my new easy einkorn bread recipe linked below over on Healing Home Recipes.
What I’m Leaning On Spiritually in a Hard Season
The second thing helping me right now is honestly much deeper than meal planning or practical rhythms, and that has been leaning into the Lord in a season that feels confusing and heavy. I have felt really burdened for my boys lately, and if I’m honest, there are moments where motherhood feels incredibly weighty. My boys are deeply missing their dad right now. As their mama, there is this ache of wanting to fix things, protect them from pain, or somehow make everything okay, and I simply can’t.
Lately, I have found myself returning again and again to Proverbs 3:5–6:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” — Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)
That phrase—lean not on your own understanding—has been ministering to my heart in a really deep way. I want answers, clarity, certainty, and some kind of roadmap for how everything is supposed to unfold. But God keeps gently reminding me that my job is not to understand everything. My job is to trust Him.
One of my pastors recently preached a sermon about wisdom versus “wisDUMB,” and something about it really struck a chord with me. He talked about how the world teaches us the autonomy of self—to trust ourselves, follow our hearts, and figure life out on our own terms. But biblical wisdom points us toward something entirely different. True wisdom begins when we stop leaning on our own understanding and instead submit ourselves to God’s authority, even when we do not understand what He is doing.
Homemaking feels different when I stop trying to hold the entire weight of my family on my shoulders and instead say, “Lord, I trust You with my children. I trust You with this season. I trust You to give me new strength for today.”
Something practical I’ve also been leaning into during this season is being intentional about getting my boys in the Word. We started a Bible study together called My Brother’s Keeper, and honestly, it has felt deeply needed as my boys are, well, boys. If you have kids who struggle with sibling disagreements—or just need biblical guidance for loving one another well—it walks through sibling relationships in Scripture and helps kids actually understand what God says about kindness, selfishness, forgiveness, and loving one another.
There has been something awfully special about opening the Bible together around the kitchen table—those things matter, even when they feel small. We don’t have to have all the answers as moms, but we can gently keep pointing our children back to truth, one ordinary day at a time.
I had an older mom at church remind me this week that the Word of God will not return void.
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
Maybe the first step isn’t figuring everything out or trying to fix every problem all at once. Maybe it simply looks like trusting God with today, opening His Word with your kids, praying over the hard things, and believing that even when life feels uncertain, He is still faithfully at work in your home and in the hearts of your child.
Why I’m Decluttering More Than Just My Home This Year
The third thing helping me lately has honestly surprised me a little, and that is simplifying—not just my home, but my expectations too. I have been in major declutter mode lately, and when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere. Closets, storage spaces, the pole barns, animal areas, random piles that somehow seem to appear out of nowhere.
The trips to the trift store for drop-offs, and the amount of stuff I’ve sold on Facebook Marketplace has genuinely shocked me. How did we acquire so much stuff? I keep telling people that I’m not going to stop decluttering until my brain space isn’t so controlled by the daily task of managing all the stuff! I’ve honestly considered myself a pretty decluttered person in the past, but I’m shocked at how much there still was and how much getting rid of stuff unloads a heavy weight on my mind. I probably could do a whole video on my decluttering process this summer!
But something interesting started happening as I decluttered physical things—I realized I was also decluttering mentally and emotionally. Especially when it comes to my gardens and homesteading projects. Normally, I put a lot of pressure on myself to do everything well. Every bed should be planted, every weed should be pulled, every project should be productive, and somehow everything should constantly be improving.
But this year, I’m trying to lean into simplicity instead of pressure. I don’t have to fill every garden bed right now. I don’t have to make everything beautiful overnight. I don’t have to constantly strive to make things better in order for home to still feel beautiful and meaningful. I can simply enjoy the process, and honestly, that mindset shift has brought me so much peace.
I think this applies to homemaking too. We put so much pressure on ourselves to be good homemakers, to keep a spotless living room, maintain a perfect cleaning schedule, have a clean bathroom, keep up with dirty dishes, and somehow still create this peaceful atmosphere of home. But the truth is, a loving home has never been built on perfection. It is built through small, faithful acts repeated on a daily basis.
It’s really hard for my personality to not plant every garden bed and maintain well what we already have, but I’m finding that decluttering our brain space is just as healing as decluttering our physical environment. It’s about creating a safe, loving place where your family can rest from the world’s perils and gather strength for the toils of tomorrow.
Homemaking Motivation – A Gentle Reminder for the Homemaker
So those are a few things genuinely helping me enjoy homemaking right now—simple meals, slower summer rhythms, leaning into God when life feels uncertain, and learning to simplify instead of striving. None of these things are groundbreaking, and honestly, maybe that’s the point.
If homemaking has felt hard for you lately, I just want to gently encourage you: you are not failing because this season feels heavy. You are not behind because your house doesn’t look perfect, and you are not a bad homemaker because you feel tired. Some seasons simply ask different things of us, and sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is stop trying to do everything and instead ask, “What would make home feel lighter right now?”
Maybe for you that looks like simplifying meals, letting go of unrealistic expectations, spending a few minutes in quiet time with the Lord before the house wakes up, or simply taking one small step toward creating the atmosphere of home you long for. Little things matter more than we think.
And I’d genuinely love to hear from you in the comments—what’s actually helping you enjoy homemaking right now? I always learn so much from hearing what is working in other homes, and I think we encourage one another so much when we share honestly about the seasons we’re walking through.
I’m so glad you’re here, friend.
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