Have you ever felt like you’re running through the week on fumes—body tired, mind scattered, and your to-do list still growing? That’s exactly where I found myself THIS WEEK! (Case in point: this blog post is a day late.)
My routines have slipped, the mental load is piling up, and I know something must change.
The good news? A reset doesn’t require a total life overhaul—just a few small, intentional shifts that created space for renewal, both inwardly and outwardly.
Second Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV) tells us:
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
Sweet friend, these verses are encouraging us to keep our chins up, understand that all the things we do and all the things we drop the ball on, are nothing compared to our eternal life in Heaven alongside Jesus.
Don’t compare yourself to that rockstar mom who appears to be kicking butt.
Don’t put yourself down for running on empty during this busiest back-to-school season.
“So we do not lose heart,” sister. “This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond comparison.”
Take a deep, cleansing breath.
Do it again four more times.
You’ve got this, girl!
5 Changes to Help You Reset Your Week
Now, I want to share five simple changes that can help us reset our weeks (and minds) today!
These are not about pressure or perfection.
They’re about finding rhythms that bring clarity and peace in the middle of real-life chaos.
1. Starting with Spiritual Anchors
Instead of scrolling my phone in the morning, I begin my day with a short prayer, 3 things I’m grateful for, and a devotion. Even five minutes of re-centering shifts my mindset and gives me peace before the chaos began.
Other Spiritual Anchors might include:
- A daily prayer you memorize and recite before even getting out of bed
- Proclaiming affirmations over yourself daily (and out loud if you can)
- Bible reading or just sitting in God’s Word quietly listening for guidanc
2. Choosing a Weekly Reset Time
I prefer Sunday evenings as my “reset” time—15 minutes to glance at the week ahead, jot down priorities, and set realistic expectations. Having this anchor point lifts so much of the Monday morning mental clutter.
Take it a step further by sharing the weekly plan with your family so everyone is on the same page before the weekday madness begins.
3. Simplifying Meals with a Cheat Sheet
Instead of reinventing the wheel every night, I created a go-to meal list. Knowing our “family favorites” reduced the daily stress of decision-making and gave me back energy for other things.
You can grab this cheat sheet, plus all the templates I use for a reset, in my Real-Life Routines Toolkit. This toolkit is a faith-filled system to help you create simple, sustainable routines that protect your time, support your well-being, and make space for what matters most. Grab yours today for just $17 (regularly $37).
4. Blocking 15 Minutes for One Declutter Task
Sometimes, my biggest challenge is the clutter that comes along with messy children, endless toys, and so much paper (mostly sent home from school).
Working full-time severely limits my ability (and energy) to overhaul my whole house in a weekend, but I can spend 15 minutes decluttering one drawer, one corner, or one stack of kids’ artwork. That little win gives me momentum to keep going and helps me feel more in control when everything feels like it is spinning out of control beneath me.
A couple decluttering tips I learned from Dana K. White’s amazing books:
- Use the visibility rule: Start with the most visible spaces to guests when they come into your home. You’ll feel accomplished, and you might not be as embarrassed to have people over if you’ve got some semblance of order in your main living areas.
- Start a Family 5-Minute Pick-Up Routine every evening prior to starting your bedtime routines. Every person in the house spends 5 minutes picking things up AND putting them where they go!
- Bonus tips: Everything should have a place. Where would you look for it first? Put it there right now. If you can’t answer that question or you don’t know where you think it should go, do you actually need it? Another question to ask yourself in this decluttering process is, “If I ever needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already have one?” If the answer is no, or you don’t know, it needs to be donated.
5. Protecting My Evenings from Overflow
I’ve been known to call myself a workaholic at times in my life. I think my ADHD allows me to learn towards hyper focus tendencies on things I enjoy in the moment. It can also backfire on me, too, though.
Sometimes these tendencies to work late into the night leaves me exhausted and running on empty.
A gentle boundary of no more work after the kids’ are in bed leaves margin for my brain to breathe and reset for the next day. This also opens up the opportunity to spend time with my husband or read a book or take a bath if I want.
Rhythm Renewal
Friend, I don’t know what your week looks like right now, but I do know this: you don’t need a perfect plan to reset your life. Renewal happens day by day, in the small shifts that free your heart and mind from overwhelm.
If you’ve been craving practical, faith-centered rhythms like these, you’ll love what I’m sharing inside my upcoming Winning Weekdays Challenge, now scheduled for September 15-19. It’s designed to help you reset your daily routines without pressure or perfection, and create rhythms that actually work in real life.
Take heart: small shifts can lead to big renewal.
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