If you clicked on this post, you must be a homemaker and are looking for some pointers on how you can be better at it. You want to be great at everything. The cleaning, the tidying, decorating your home and cooking delicious meals. You want your precious family to love the home you’re creating for them and you want them to feel comfortable and cozy.
It’s not realistic for you to think that you can have the perfect home AND be the perfect homemaker all the time. But it is realistic to strive to have it all together MOST of the time. You really can do it!
With some strategy and a positive shift in your mindset, you’ll be that much closer to becoming the good homemaker you’re striving to be.
If you want to know how to be a good homemaker, you have to understand what exactly a homemaker does. So without further ado, let’s get into it!
What is a homemaker?
Homemakers have a detailed job description. Most homemakers are responsible for cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, appointment and event scheduling, decorating the home, budgeting etc. They are also likely the main person caring for the kids. Pretty much everything involved with taking care of a home and everyone in it.
Each one of these homemaking tasks can be broken down even more. If someone asks you, “what do you do as a homemaker all day?” This is what you can tell them.
Tasks of a homemaker:
- meal planning
- cooking
- budgeting
- grocery shopping
- tidying
- organizing
- washing laundry
- folding laundry
- ironing
- scheduling appointments
- daily home maintenance
- decorating
A good homemaker creates daily routines that work these tasks into her day in the most efficient way.
What makes a homemaker a good homemaker?
We need know what qualities to strive for if we’re trying to be better homemakers. Of course, you need to be good at cooking, cleaning, laundry… but there’s so much more to this job than those things.
The two most important things you can work on are your heart and your character. Believe me, this is going to be hard! It’s not going to be as easy as “just create a better cleaning routine.” But if you can nail down these characteristics, you’ll be much better off.
The qualities of a good homemaker:
- Patient – you live with real people that make real messes, so patience with them is a must!
- Resourceful – by being resourceful as a homemaker you potentially will save your family lots of money.
- Disciplined – you should wake up early, tackle your chores even when you’re not in the mood and consistently practice what you do so you can perfect what you do.
- Joyful – be grateful for your role, your home and for your precious family.
- Hospitable – invite people into your home and let them know they’re welcome.
- Compassionate – learn to be kind and loving towards your family members.
- Heart of service – everything you do in your home is for your family. If you have a heart of service, then you’ll be happy to sacrifice your efforts and time for your family.
How to be a good homemaker
You might be wondering how you can apply all of this in your own home. Well let’s start with the basics.
Cook yummy, healthy home-cooked meals every week.
A big part of homemaking is cooking meals. As a homemaker, you’re responsible for meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking.
You really should start meal planning if you don’t already! It can be very helpful for getting meals on the table at night, not to mention with less stress.
Get proficient at cooking quality delicious meals. Read food blogs or watch YouTube videos on cooking techniques. Buy some good quality cookbooks. And practice!
Find a cleaning routine that keeps your house tidy.
There is plenty of advice on the internet about finding the best cleaning routine. I would suggest trying things out and seeing what works for you and YOUR family.
Your cleaning routine should be efficient, effective and help you keep your home tidy and deep cleaned on a regular basis.
As a good homemaker, your cleaning routines should flow nicely throughout your day and weeks for tasks you do on a biweekly basis.
Be resourceful.
If you’re a homemaker, your family is most likely living off of one income. If this is the case, then you as the homemaker need to make sure you’re being a good steward of the money and definitely try not to be wasteful.
Be mindful of things like turning off unused lights and not letting food go bad. Find new ways to use up things that you’d otherwise throw away. Try to remember the saying of “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”
Create a laundry schedule that works for you.
If you want to be a good homemaker, you need to have an efficient laundry routine. Do a load of laundry a day to stay on top of it. Don’t let piles build up and overwhelm yourself.
As time goes by, you’ll figure out how often you need to do laundry that makes sense for you and your home.
Focus on your family relationships.
It’s easy to think homemaking is just about your home, but it’s not. Homemaking is about the people in the home too. Your husband, your children, your friends, your visiting parents. It’s about creating a space that makes everyone that steps in it feel comfortable. Don’t get too caught up in your daily cleaning tasks that you forget about your relationships!
Try to maintain a good attitude.
All of the hard work you do in your home will be for nothing if you don’t do it with a good attitude.
Remember the qualities of a good homemaker I mentioned before? Like being patient, joyful, disciplined etc. It will be easier for you to achieve these if you double check your attitude periodically throughout the day.
When you feel overwhelmed, remember all of the things you’re grateful for. Think about all the things your family does for you. Try to find things to do in your day that bring you JOY!
I hope this post inspired you to become a better homemaker! Please remember you are the perfect person to be managing your home and taking care of your family. Just work a little harder each day at getting better and you’ll be fine. You’re doing amazing mama!
I should also mention that these are all things I’m working on as well. No one is perfect and we all can use improvement now and then!
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