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The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Christian homemakers need encouragement and motivation to stay the course. Homemaking and homeschooling can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to be. If you’re a Christian mom longing for a well-ordered home, a peaceful homeschool, and a joyful heart—without the stress or burnout—you’re in the right place. Moms can be productive and peaceful when grounded in Scriptural truth. I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home…
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The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerTaking Kids to the Grocery Store
I think taking the kids with me on my grocery excursions is a valuable thing to do. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t exhausting. But, my kids are…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerOrganizing Your Homeschool with Shelves & Bins
The real trick about having a tidy or organized house is for everything to have a home. Things without homes are clutter. Things with homes can be put away…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerGrocery Store Tips
Ack! No milk! Off to the grocery store! Was there something else you needed? There was, wasn’t there? What was it? Oh, look, this is on sale. That isn’t, but I…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow We Organize Homeschool Stuff (with Virginia Lee)
Mystie: That’s fun. So this season, season 8 of the Simply Convivial podcast is going to be about organizing homeschool stuff. So I thought we’d just have a…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerGrocery Shopping Tips for Families
We’ve done grocery shopping a couple of different ways and I think you’re right it really does depend do you have a baby, do you have older kids going with…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHomeschool Mottos
We recite mottos during our Morning Time. I think the first place I encountered the idea was when listening to ACCS teacher training audio (back before there…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerFocused Habits
We are often encouraged to set SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound. It sounds great, and those goals do have a place. But when…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerThe Secret to Sanity
In the first episode of The Scholé Sisters Podcast we talk about how levity – lightheartedness, humor, cheerfulness – is a burnout prevention method. When we…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerProductive Habits
What does being productive even mean? It’s not simply getting more done, but getting the right things done, done well, and done cheerfully.
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerThe Scary Homeschool Mom
You’ve met her. Maybe you’ve been her. Maybe you are her. Some homeschool moms might scare you. Some homeschool moms scare their children. But I think we’ve…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerStart with Habits
Rather than grandiose goals for a new year, we should be focusing on small habits that we can build upon. These new year habits continue giving, because they…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerBeating Homeschool Morning Blahs
Sometimes it’s weather, sometimes it’s illness, sometimes it’s simply fatigue. If you’ve been homeschooling for awhile, you’re probably familiar with the…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerThe Habit of Making My Bed
I’ve written before about making my bed and why it is a goal worth pursuing, two and a half years ago, actually, and while I make my bed occasionally (which is…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerChoose Conviviality
Is happiness an emotion reserved for those who have an easy life? Right now I have a child who thinks happiness is a life without math fact drill pages. And…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerFocus on Keystone Habits
Keystone habits, according to Charles Duhigg, are habits that give “small wins [that] fuel transformative changes by leveraging tiny advantages into patterns…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerMom’s Mood Matters
It was about 5 years ago now that I deleted my old blog and started over from scratch, choosing the name Convivial Home for my new effort. A real estate agent…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHabits, Not Results
So much goal setting advice out there focuses on achieving certain outcomes. We’re supposed to set our eyes on a particular result we want to reach and work…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow to lesson plan so you’re never behind
Some homeschool moms – maybe those with school-teacher backgrounds – have elaborate homeschool lesson plans – full sheets of papers full of ideas, notes…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerEvernote for Homemaking
Over at Simply Convivial I’m in the thick of a series about using Evernote for homeschooling, and I thought I’d make a companion post here at Simplified…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerPlan a Homeschool Day
What, out of everything in the plan, is essential to make our homeschool day count? Because more often than not, at least at my house, the entire plan doesn’t…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow to Get Information Into Evernote
Q: "When you scan things to Evernote, is this time consuming? Do you scan it to a PDF file and attach the file? I’d be very curious as to what this process…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler3 Tools for a Sane Homeschool Plan
It’s one thing to buy the books and supples, to make a plan, to create a chart and quite another to actually pull it off in a typical day. Days never go…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow to Organize Evernote
So, there’s no doubt that I love Evernote. I’ve been writing a long series about homeschooling with Evernote, I include tips and strategies for using Evernote…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerSecrets about Schedules
Does the word schedule make you break out in hives? Do you picture yourself harried and deflated at the end of a day on a schedule? Maybe for you, like me…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerDigital Menu Planning
I know. Menu planning is a pain. I am all about the tips and tricks to minimize the time and brain-power we pour into menu planning. It’s something we need to…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerWhy make plans?
What I really, really wanted was a system so perfect that I wouldn’t have to expend any effort at all, I could just hum along doing whatever I wanted and…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerEvernote for Daily To-Do Lists
I’ve written before about the benefits of writing a daily to do list on an index card, but for several months I’ve experimented with using Evernote for my task…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerPlanning for Real Life
I love new year goals and resolutions, but they can lead to discouragement unnecessarily. Sometimes we conclude that because we can never reach and maintain…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerEvernote for Home Routines
There is so much to keep track of at home. Not only does everyone want to eat three times a day, but the house also has a fast trajectory down Entropy Lane…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerConvivial Means Life
What sort of elderly person will I be? Of course a large part of the situation will depend on circumstances and what my particular physical or mental ailments…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerGratitude Makes You Productive
Why do we do what we do? Sometimes, an end result can look the same even when the motivations behind the action are opposite.
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerConvivial Means Keeping in Fellowship
Keeping short accounts leaves no room for resentment, no room for bitterness. It also means that even in the midst of argument, I am more careful in how I…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerFrustrated No Longer
I set the timer for fifteen minutes. Surely in fifteen minutes, I thought, I can make a difference in this room. The room was mine. The mess was an assortment…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerConvivial Home: The Dare
When the Bible says things like “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerRealistic Expectations
What happens when we organize something? It gets messed up. Inevitably. We catch up on the laundry, but more clothes hit the hamper within hours. We wash the…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerConvivial Means Choosing Your Attitude
I don’t feel guilty for not doing the things that I have to do, I feel persecuted that I have things to do. The pesky homekeeping tasks should just all…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow to Organize Your Attitude
My tagline is “organize your attitude,” because I think our own mindset as moms is crucial in our homes. This theme fits well here, too, because an organized…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerConvivial Means Lighten Up
Sometimes “purposeful” and “intentional” can turn into “taking oneself too seriously.” Anything that doesn’t go as planned (and isn’t that usually most…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerDreaming of Perfect Systems
We really must begin with organizing our attitude before we organize anything else. We might think that making a plan and working a plan is all about the…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerA Convivial Home: Enjoying Life, Children, and God
I wanted answers, a formula, a guarantee. Do this. That works. This will guarantee results. I thought it was a dichotomy. Either what I do as a parent will…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerLearn to Love What Must Be Done
Many of us are task-driven. We want to see things done, accomplished, finished. This is what the world tells us is productivity.
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerClassical Homeschooling in Our Home
What your homeschool looks like, even as you try working toward classical education principles, depends on where you’ve been, and how and when you entered this…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerA Brain Dump Strategy for Moms
Season 4: Brain Dump to the Rescue Brain dumping is such a helpful strategy, especially for moms at home. When we start holding a lot of things in our heads…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerWhat is Education?
So, what is education? What is it this task that I have signed up for? I’ve been collecting quotes on the topic for several years; when viewed together they…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerSO024: Write it down, right away.
Season 4: Brain Dump to the Rescue You won’t remember – don’t try. When does the brilliant idea strike? When do you remember you’re desperately low on milk?…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerWrite It Down, Right Away
When does the brilliant idea strike? When do you remember you’re desperately low on milk? It’s rarely when you’re actually sitting down, pen in hand, to make a…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerThe Liberal Arts Are Musical
Musical education is soul-craft: carried out properly, it tunes the soul and makes one receptive to truth and goodness.
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerWhat to Do With Your Brain Dump Lists
So, you’ve done a thorough brain dump and you have sheets upon sheets of notes, tasks, and ideas. Before you start getting your brain dump into a trusted…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerA Liberal Arts Education
I am almost done reading The Liberal Arts Tradition, but I know I have at least two more posts in me for this one. I feel like I understand the liberal arts…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHow to Do an Effective Brain Dump
Brain Dump to the Rescue Whenever you feel overwhelmed or scattered, sit down and brain dump. First, pick a place to keep your notes; either a notebook or…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerVirtue Is the Goal of Classical Education
Although the idea of classical homeschooling can be intimidating and appear unreachable, it is far more down-to-earth than we might think. This task is not too…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerTips for a Better Brain Dump
A complete and thorough brain dump is an integral part of both the Simplified Organization Self-Paced Course, and Work the Plan. Lately I’ve had a lot of…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerWhat Is Classical Education?
A label is a tricky thing. Just when you decide to take on an adjective as an identity, you find people including shades of meaning that you don’t personally…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerStart with a Brain Dump
As the holidays wind down, the crazy schedules should let up and let us catch our breath. But if we were whirling all month from thing to thing, trying to…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler5 Homeschooling Tips for Extroverts
Isn’t homeschooling a sure way to drive an extrovert mom out of her mind? It depends on the homeschool and on the mom. As an extrovert homeschool mom you can…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerYou Need Time to Reset Your Perspective
Here at Simplified Organization, I like to talk about how organizing your attitude is the most important thing you can organize.
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler5 Homeschooling Tips for Introverts
The more we give ourselves the time and activities that build our energy back up, the better we’ll be able to tackle our daily duties with gusto. So here are…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerOne Quick Hack to Improve Your Plan
The day was over. The kids in bed, the house quiet. Time to sigh, breathe deep, and decide how to relax. I glanced down and I caught sight of my daily index…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerHomeschool Mom Personalities
Your homeschool needs your personality, and your homeschool has a personality. When we understand homeschool personality, we can be more content and happy in…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerReview Required Every Evening
The habit of an evening review wraps up your day and brings peace. We often spend a lot of upfront time making a plan, getting it just right, getting the ready…