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Short but meaty pep talks for busy Christian moms who want to manage their homes & lives for the glory of God – and enjoy it, too! Organize your attitude, get stuff done, and glorify God as a homemaker.

Simply Convivial: Encouragement for Christian moms Mystie Winckler

    • Kids & Family
    • 5.0 • 14 Ratings

Short but meaty pep talks for busy Christian moms who want to manage their homes & lives for the glory of God – and enjoy it, too! Organize your attitude, get stuff done, and glorify God as a homemaker.

    ONE index card, every day = productivity for busy moms

    ONE index card, every day = productivity for busy moms

    • 10 min
    Your weekly planner on an index card! Simple. Easy. Cheap.

    Your weekly planner on an index card! Simple. Easy. Cheap.

    Plan your day on an index card: https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard
    Are you a sidetracked home executive? Looking for a simple, easy, and cheap way to stay organized? Watch this video to learn how to create your own weekly planner on an index card! 
    You can get more done by focusing on less - as long as the less you’re focusing on is what matters. When you get the big rocks in your day first, the smaller pebbles fit better and snugger. A daily card is simple, cheap, and effective. 
    Check out my free guide that will jumpstart your daily card practice. The link is in the description or you can go to https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard to get your free 1 page printable guide so you can get started with a daily card yourself.
    Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!
    📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done https://simplifiedorganization.com
    ➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done by focusing on less: https://https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard
    🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and learn to love what must be done so you stop feeling overwhelmed:https://simplyconvivial.com/convivial-circle

    • 14 min
    SIMPLIFY your home cleaning plan using index cards - with Abby Wahl

    SIMPLIFY your home cleaning plan using index cards - with Abby Wahl

    Take the daily card challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/indexcardvideoLearn how to create a simple home cleaning plan using index cards with Abby Wahl. This method is perfect for busy households looking to stay organized and on top of their cleaning routine. Say goodbye to chaos and hello to a clean, organized home!Abby Wahl shares how she's reduced distractions and screen time on her phone by keeping track of everything in her life on index cards. She's using templates from  @timeandtideplans to keep her cleaning routine, task lists, weekly plans, and more! 
    Links to the things Abby mentioned:Time & Tide Plans on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/timeandtideplansZipper pouch: https://amzn.to/3vYMiXg
    Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!
    📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Donehttps://www.simplifiedorganization.com
    ➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! https://simplyconvivial.com/indexcardvideo
    🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: https://simplyconvivial.com/convivial-circle

    • 14 min
    NO APPS - use index cards to plan and organize your life

    NO APPS - use index cards to plan and organize your life

    A single, simple index card planner is a better tool to organize your life than any app out there! Learn how: https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard
    Learn how to organize your life without using any apps! In this video, I'll show you how to use index cards to plan and stay organized. As a busy stay-at-home mom looking to streamline your life, this index card organization system will help you stay on track and get more done each day.
    Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!
    📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Donehttps://www.simplifiedorganization.com
    ➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/
    🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

    • 10 min
    Here's a cleaning plan that actually works - at last!

    Here's a cleaning plan that actually works - at last!

    Start Sweep & Smile today! https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep
    How many times have you scoured the internet, browsed Pinterest, or binged YouTube, looking for the next best tip or secret for a clean home? You want a clean home, fast, but no tips seem to work and no routines seem to stick. Oh, yeah, I've been there, done that.
    Have you spent as much working any of those home cleaning tips as researching them?
    Ouch. I know. But the truth is that any routine for a clean home will work if you do.
    However, there's a huge temptation we absolutely must resist. It is a plague for those of us who tend to be both overambitious and overwhelmed - at the same time. We can teeter-totter between having everything together and totally giving it all up as impossible. This is the dreaded boom and bust cycle.
    The boom and bust cycle is hard on moms. It's hard on families. It's not a good cycle or a good plan.
    Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!
    📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done https://amzn.to/4aWIPXU
    ➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done by focusing on less: https://simplyconvivial.com/indexcardvideo
    🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and learn to love what must be done so you stop feeling overwhelmed:https://simplyconvivial.com/convivial-circle

    • 11 min
    Household chores got you down? 3 keys to cleaning motivation

    Household chores got you down? 3 keys to cleaning motivation

    Learn to love what must be done: https://simplyconvivial.com/sweepNeed more cleaning motivation? Hate housework? Frustrated with chores? Here's the problem...
    First, we can feel angry while we clean the house when we focus on finishing or being done with the work and then — too soon after we “finish” — we have to do it again.
    It’s easy to blame the kids or even our husband for undoing the work, for making messes again, for needing more food or more laundry. When we see housework as a thing we’re supposed to finish, check the work off as done, then the people in our house feel like a problem. We finished the work, but because of others, the work has to be done again.
    The problem in such cases is only our perspective, not the other people and not the work. We have a wrong view of the nature of housework and the nature of life. We don’t understand our position in relation to our home and family life.
    **The work of keeping a home is not work that ever stays done. **
    That’s not a discouraging statement if we look at it rightly.Read more here:  https://simplyconvivial.com/2023/housework-makes-me-mad/
    Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!
    📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Donehttps://www.simplifiedorganization.com
    ➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and get more done at home! https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/
    🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

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14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Bobbity M ,

Pithy and helpful

I have been listening through the past episodes and so enjoying them. I often have to pause the podcast to write down a quotation that is particularly pithy—sometimes more than once in an episode. So helpful!

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