All right, this one might be kind of controversial here, but here goes.
I think minimalism is better than routines in some cases – a lot of cases – for moms.
For sure if you haven’t made it through a whole-house KonMari yet.
Because which is going to be easier on you?
A: Set up a 3-pickups-a-day routine for your kids so the house stays reasonably neat in between times, or
B: Just make sure they don’t have very many toys to pick up, so that it takes like 3 minutes of throwing toys in boxes to get the living room all spik and span again?
You choose – but I think it’s going to be B.
Because minimizing once is easier than setting up routines 100 times.
Minimizing once is easier than setting up routines 100 times.
You see, routines are the next step after simple life living doesn’t cut it anymore. Once you can’t keep going/manage the stuff with your ordinary level of quick tidy-ups.
And isn’t it a lot easier to *not* have to nag your kids to keep picking up for another ten minutes, and another, and another?
This is why I think you’re going to need routines – sure – but it’s the minimalism you have to get down first.
Because whatever routines you need are going to be *way* less overwhelming when they’re super-fast to get through.
So what do you think, looking through your day-in-a-life? Would minimalism help you more, or routines?
And if it’s the purging you need, here’s your permission to take the week off school work, go light on the business, and just get that house edit on.
Your #momlife is going to be so much lighter to handle – faster to stay on top of – afterwards. You’ve got this.
