QUESTIONS FOR A WOMAN INTENTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY CREATING HER HOME

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Do you have a vision for what you are creating in a home?

What is it?

What is your desired outcome?

What does it look, sound, taste, feel, smell, like?

What is the overarching spirit of the home in 3 words.

Here are some sample questions to get you started:

What are the main examples you draw from which you would use to model your home after?

Where have you been which embodies attributes you are seeking to bring into your home.

What are your favorite memories of your childhood home?

What will you bring with you from the culture in your childhood home?

What does your spouse remember from their childhood home?

What would they like to incorporate from their home?

What is the family media plan?

Do you have one? What is that?

Who would deeply benefit from a structured family media plan?

What activities would be great to replace unnecessary media time?

What are ways to relax and connect as a family independent of media?

What are the routines you desire to have in your home?

What spirit do those routines invite?

What kind of meals?

What kind of care?

What are the skills you desire to train your children in at your home?

How do you make it easy or automatic to learn those skills?

How would you like guests to feel?

How does your faith show its face and its heart in your home?

What time/space is devoted to remembering ancestors?

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