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Article: Goals For An Orderly Home (Christian Based)

"Do you find yourself like most moms today, so busy and driven that your life seems to be snowballing towards a crash? Most of us either work at home, or outside the home, or maybe even both. Do you find yourself like most moms today, so busy and driven that your life seems to be snowballing towards a crash? Most of us either work at home, or outside the home, or maybe even both. On top of that we have housework, laundry, meals to prepare, and dishes to wash. In addition, there is the awesome responsibility of raising good kids. We teach, train, help with homework, take them to ball games, music, and dance lessons. Oh, how could I forget - time with husbands, too!
Several years ago, I found myself very much caught up in the busyness of all this. My family and I needed more order in our lives, but couldn't seem to accomplish it. So I decided that I would write out a list of goals that were truly important to the welfare - spiritual, physical, and emotional - of my family. This enabled me to set up priorities, and it gave my children more of the structure they needed at home.

This article offers 8 goals for an orderly home.87