Running Your Home for Fun & Profit
Enjoy saving and making money at home!
Beginning Sewing without Breaking the Bank Beginners can learn how to sew from patterns. Read on to see how I did it. Learning how to sew can be done without breaking the bank. Let’s talk about the bare minimum needed to get started in sewing. Sewing is a great skill set that makes sitting time productive, saves money, and can actually earn money. The very first complete piece of clothing I ever sewed was a… Read More
How to Make Sure You Work on Your Goals Use these tips to achieve your goals, even though working on your goals sounds difficult and, frankly, forgettable. In this article, I want to give you four techniques to make it easier to (1) remember your goals need you to work on your goals and (2) to get started each day on your next best step to success. Use a Visible Reminder with Written Intentions Here… Read More
Things to Consider as Personal Goals Now that we have considered setting family goals (family), let’s get ready to set your personal goals for this new year looming. List desired results: I want to lose 42 pounds. I want to drive a clean car with no fast food cups or wrappers floating around loose. Developing a smaller but more cohesive wardrobe for work would make mornings easier. I want a large enough savings account that… Read More
Be a Good Homemaker Being a good homemaker means taking the best care of those in your household that you can muster — including yourself. You also should use good stewardship of all that you have been given — financial means, physical possessions, and mental abilities. Old Assumptions No Longer Work There used to be an odd set of assumptions in our culture. These assumptions included the belief that if you were a female, you… Read More
How and Why to Seek Good Instruction One way you, the homemaker, can stay motivated is to seek good instruction in the ways of running your household. To put it another way, you should be looking for ways to build the knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish things. What things? Well, take a look at your goals in homemaking, such as saving and making money. What kind of learning and skills will help you save… Read More
