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Steady Home: Building Healthy Habits + Learn About SMART Goals! 🚀
What's your go-to source for homesteading inspiration? 🤗
Cedie Omaña
April 24, 2024
What's your go-to source for homesteading inspiration? 🤗 |
In Today's Edition:
Homestead Tip 🌱
Poll Results From Last Sunday! 📊
Personal Development: Unlocking Productivity with SMART Goals 🚀
A Steady Family: Building Healthy Habits for Your Family 👪
DIY with The Steady Home: Craft Your Own Bird Feeders! 🐦
Homestead Tip of the Day:
Put a layer of natural stuff like straw, wood chips, or chopped-up leaves around your garden plants. This helps keep the ground moist, stops weeds from growing, and keeps the soil cool. Mulch also helps prevent the soil from washing away and makes the soil better over time.
Poll Results From Last Sunday! 📊
How do you involve children in homesteading activities? 👩👧👧
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Gardening together 🌿 (15)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Caring for livestock 🐔 (9)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Cooking with homegrown ingredients 🍳 (9)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ DIY projects (building chicken coops, planting herbs) 🛠️ (3)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Exploring nature 🌄 (5)
41 Votes
via @beehiiv polls
Get ready for our upcoming newsletters! We'll share tips to help you feel more relaxed both in the kitchen and out in the yard! 🌿🍳
Personal Development
Unlocking Productivity with SMART Goals
Do you ever feel like your efforts are vast, but your achievements are few? Setting SMART goals can transform that feeling by ensuring that your activities are targeted and effective, genuinely advancing you toward your objectives.
Specific
Just like Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation fixes specific problems in her town, you need to make sure your goals are clear. Instead of just saying "increase sales," say something like "increase sales by 10% in the next three months." This makes your goal clearer and easier to reach.
Measurable
Do you remember how the folks at Dunder Mifflin in The Office always knew their sales goals? You should do the same. If you want to read more, set a goal like "read 12 new books this year, one each month." This lets you keep track of how you're doing.
Achievable
Your goals should be a challenge, but still possible. Think about Michael Scott from The Office—sometimes he picked goals that were too big without having what he needed to succeed. Start with something you can really do, like getting ready for a half-marathon before trying to run a full one.
Relevant
Your goals should matter to you and fit with your bigger plans. Leslie Knope wouldn’t spend time on things that didn't help her town. If you want to be healthier, make a goal like "walk 10,000 steps every day" instead of something that doesn’t help your main goal.
Time-bound
Having a deadline helps you keep pushing forward. Make your goals have a due date, like "lose 15 pounds by July 1st." This gives you a clear time to work towards and keeps you motivated.
From The Steady Home Gang
Spread the Steady Love 💚
Got a friend who's all about the homestead life? 🌿 Share the joy and invite them to join The Steady Home community!
Pass on the inspiration and let's grow together — because every homesteader deserves a steady start to their day! 🏡✨
A Steady Family
Building Healthy Habits for Your Family
Keeping your family healthy can be tough when everyone's so busy, but it's super important for everyone to feel their best.
Physical Activity:
Set a time for it: Make a plan to do something active every day. It could be walking the dog in the morning or playing soccer in the evening.
Try different things: To keep it fun, try new activities. Maybe have a dance party at home or go for a hike on the weekend.
Eating Right:
Plan your meals: Each week, decide what you'll eat for meals. This helps you make sure you're eating lots of different healthy foods.
Cook together: Cooking isn't just for adults! Get everyone in the kitchen to help make meals. It's a fun way to hang out and learn about healthy food.
Getting Enough Sleep:
Bedtime routine: Do the same relaxing things each night to get ready for bed, like reading a book or turning down the lights, so your body knows it's time to sleep.
Make your room sleepy: Make sure your bedroom is a great place to sleep. It should be dark, cool, and quiet.
Starting these habits might take some work, but they'll make everyone feel better. You can try adding one new thing each week until it becomes a regular part of your day.
Working together, your family can become healthier and have more fun doing it!
The Steady Home’s Giggle Chamber
Why did the homesteader get a new tractor?
Because the old one was too tired to "plow" through the work!
DIY with The Steady Home! 🔨
Craft Your Own Bird Feeders! 🐦
Project Overview: Are you looking for a fun outdoor project? Gather your family and make homemade bird feeders from recycled stuff! This cool craft is not just fun but also brings beautiful birds to your yard and helps the planet.
What You Need:
Empty plastic bottles, milk jugs, or tin cans
Wooden sticks or old spoons for bird perches
Twine or string to hang the feeders
Birdseed that local birds like
Scissors
Optional: paint, stickers, or markers to decorate
Steps:
Prepare your container: Make sure your container is clean and dry. If using a plastic bottle, cut holes big enough for birds to get the seeds.
Add perches: Push wooden sticks or spoons through the container for birds to sit on. They need to be strong so they don’t break when birds land.
Decorate: Make your bird feeder look cool! Use paint, stickers, or markers to decorate it. Everyone can make their own with their favorite designs.
Attach the twine: Tie the twine around the top of the container securely. Check that it’s strong enough to hold the feeder when it’s full of seeds.
Fill with birdseed: Pick a good birdseed that many birds like. Fill up the feeder, but not all the way to the top to avoid spilling.
Hang it up: Find a good place in your yard where you can see the birds come and eat. Make sure it’s high enough so cats and other animals can’t get to the birds.
Keep it nice: Show your kids how to take care of the feeder by refilling it with seeds and cleaning it so the birds stay healthy.
Fun Tips:
Watch and learn: Look at the birds that come. You can use a bird book or an app to learn more about them.
Talk about the planet: Talk about why it’s good to use things we already have and how feeding birds helps them.
Get creative: After making the feeders, you could draw pictures of the birds you see or make a bird book with information and drawings.
Making bird feeders from recycled materials is a great way to have fun, learn about nature, and do something good for the Earth. Plus, watching the birds that come to visit can be super exciting!
Let’s Keep It Reel
Seen any funny moments on the farm? Here are a few I've gathered for you to enjoy!
Roosters aren't exactly notorious for being lethal, but hey, never say never, right? 🐔🤣
A giggling baby having a blast with cucumbers!
@edibleuprisingfarm Who knew planting cucumbers could be so fun? #funnybaby #laughingbaby #gardeningwithkids #gardeninghowto #gardeningwithbabies #cucumbers
Just a heads up to handle the wheelbarrow with care, okay? This guy put in quite the effort, though! 😄
@thecontentmap 💀💀😅 What do you guys think? #blowthisup #funnyvideos #funny #fyp #landscaping #construction #tradee #tradie #farmer #wheelbarrow #garden #... See more
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