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Welcome, October 🌾 Octobers are one of my favo

Welcome, October 🌾

Octobers are one of my favorite months, when the evenings are cool and it’s time to pull out more quilts and long-sleeved pajamas. The spider lilies in the fields add a cheerful, warm red note to our surroundings, and the leaves are fading. It’s time to put up firewood and cook nabe and pumpkin muffins.. 🍲

What is your favorite month of the year?

#countryliving #theartofslowliving #theslowdowncollective #digyourroots #homesteadingfamily #heartandhome #nohustlejustfaith #cinematic #gentleliving

Hi there, we are the Haruna family!
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I’m Hannah, my husband is Masashi, and we have two sweet boys.

Two years ago we bought a home with two acres in rural Japan. We spent the recent years renovating our house, and now we are getting even deeper into homesteading!! 👩‍🌾

Now that autumn has finally begun, there are *so* many projects to finish before the snowfall later this year. It’s exciting and a little overwhelming!! 🍂

This is not a super beautiful video, but just a little peek into what we’ve been up to these days, preparing for our new garden and future chickens.

What are your simple living dreams / goals for 2025?
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#beautyintheeveryday
#homesteaddreams #peaceofhome
#homeismyhappyplace
#truegoodness #simplelifehappylife #cinematic

A simple life is not easy, it’s good. There’s

A simple life is not easy, it’s good.
There’s a difference. ♥️

What are some of your favorite and least favorite parts of slow living? Find mine in the comments!

Simple living includes our approach to social medi

Simple living includes our approach to social media! 🤳

I disagree with the view that social media is always inherently bad: there are risks and dangers due to sin just like in the physical world, but if you filter and limit your media usage properly, there can be a lot of beautiful aspects to this space as well.

There is also nothing wrong with understanding how algorithms work, as long as you are authentic about how you use this knowledge.

Personally I have experienced SO much encouragement here, and I hope to continue to encourage others as well. ♥️

The term “slow life” might not mean what you t

The term “slow life” might not mean what you think it means.. 👩‍🌾

These days I am hearing some people speak negatively about the term “slow living”, without really understanding where or how this term originated.

This misinterpretation of a term that reflects a cultural movement can cause misunderstanding regarding what exactly it means to live slowly.

YES, you can have a slow life, even with children, and while working hard.

Slow living does not mean laying around on the couch in robes while watching TV dramas (unless maybe you have the flu! 😂).

It does not mean being slack in your work.
It doesn’t mean that you never have crazy or busy days!!

Slow living is about living well and with intentionality: the way that God intended for humans to work and worship.

It means to “aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands” (1 Thess 4:11).
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#rootedinfaith #simpleslowliving #oldfashionedonpurpose #simpleslowseasonal #slowliving

Homes should not be dusty self-serving museums of

Homes should not be dusty self-serving museums of our possessions!! 🧹✨

As a mother, one of my favorite verses is Proverbs 14:4: “Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.”

Sometimes having an abundant life means using our homes as more than just a display of stuff, and stewarding what we have for God’s glory.

This does not mean that our homes should always be a mess!! But it does mean that our homes should be life-giving, and filled with joy, hospitality, and love.

How can you better steward your home? 🏠
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#thesimpleeveryday #grounded #abundance #blessingsonblessings #heartandhome #rootedinlove #homemaker #wearethehomemakers #slowlivingwithkids #inpraiseofslowliving #gracefilledgatherings #heartofhospitality

It is my personal belief that social media doesn’t *have* to be negative! There are SO many lovely ladies that have inspired and encouraged me on this platform.

Below I tagged just a handful of women that have shared some especially thoughtful posts or stories recently that I appreciated! (This is by no means an exhaustive or exclusive list!!)

After reading, please take the time to share some additional accounts that have uplifted you by tagging them in the comments! ♥️

My list:

@elizamobley
@righteousmotherhood
@honesthomemakerhannah_
@ourquaintandcozy
@m.is.for.meg
@ourkinandhome
@herhomeandheritage
@kristennicoleyoung
@motherinthenorthernlands
@im_anneliese_
@thistles_and_thread
@heybeginnerwife
and milenaciciotti (her account doesn’t have tags enabled, so feel free to search for her name!)
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I don’t want to give my kids a 90’s or an 1800

I don’t want to give my kids a 90’s or an 1800’s childhood..

I just want to give them a childhood, period. ♥️

I love thrifted records and cassette tapes, antiques and feminine dresses, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I want to recreate the past. There is a reason our children are living now, and it is our job as parents to equip them for the unique challenges they might face.

But first, I want them to play outside and get their hands dirty in the mud.

To feel the sunshine.

To gather around the table for family meals.

To experience what it feels like to belong to a community.

To know they are loved, and have a home.

And yes, probably to listen to some records by candlelight because their mama is old-fashioned like that, but also to know how to live joyfully for such a time as this.
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#homesweethome #motherhood #90schildhood #runbacktoyourroots #oldfashionedonpurpose #1800shome #simplertimes #homemakersbliss #honestmotherhood #simpleliving

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