You are the architect of your home, the designer that plans and cultivates the breath and life that fills its walls. Without fore thought and direction, it will become whatever it becomes without intentionality. With a blueprint however, it will grow into a safe haven of belonging and knowing that “here, I am loved and cared for”, not just for your family, but everyone who enters. 

Four questions to get you going in casting a vision for your home:

1. What daily rhythms will help me accomplish what needs to be done and enhance our relationships?

2. What chores need to be done, how often and who will do them? How will I track it for accountability?

3. Am I doing something now that doesn’t need to be done? Where can I simplify?

4. What rituals can mark importance and filter in regular celebration? How can we love life together? 

Here are some thoughts on defining spaces in your home to cultivate interests:

• What do you and your family enjoy doing? Reading, music, art, game nights? Carve out spaces where those things have a place so it is built in to your days. 

• Where can I organize to give things a place? Assign a few areas of your home to each week in January to purge and organize so everything has its own place and clutter is eliminated.

• How can I be intentional about rest and recharging? What do we need to do that well?

The more we get intentional about how we want to run our home, the more we will actually run it intentionally. This year let’s cultivate a home that loves and serves well, together. That celebrates life, mourns loss, loves big in both, and pours out by inviting people in.

xoxo
lauren