Guest Interview Questions

Below is an outline of questions from which we will work to conduct the interview. I may not ask all of these questions, but these are the ideas and topics I would like to explore in our conversation. 

 

Single Homemaker Questions

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Welcome (to be added in post-production)

Allison will give brief welcome and introduce guest.

 

Guest Intro 

Tell us a little about who you are today, then we will go back and trace your homemaking story from the beginning. 

(Here you can include things such as family info, career info, hobbies, etc. Your reply should be just about a minute or so).

 

• Beginnings & Influences

  • When did you first become a homemaker and did you have any skills?

  • What area of homemaking are you struggling most with right now and what solutions are you implementing to help you grow in that area?

  • Who or what has had the most influence on you as a homemaker?

 

• Singleness and Homemaking

  • What are some unique temptations you face as a single homemaker?

  • What are some unique opportunities you have as a single homemaker?

 

• Homemaking Expectations

  • What are some things that have surprised you about homemaking, things (good or bad) that you didn’t expect?

  • What unrealistic expectations have you had to let go of?

 

• Priorities & Rhythms

  • What practical step do you take to set and keep priorities? (For example, making time for God, relationships, your health)

  • How do you think homemaking routines can help or hinder healthy life rhythms of worship, work, play and rest?

 

• Hospitality

  • What practical ways do you show hospitality to others through homemaking?

  • How does homemaking help build community?

 

• Rapid Fire Q&A

  • Favorite Homemaking Task

  • Least Favorite Homemaking Task
  • Worst Homemaking Fail (so far)​​​
  • Recent Homemaking Win
  • Tools & Products
    • ​Can’t live without
    • Recent favorite
  • ​Favorite Homemaking Hack or Tip

 

• The Art of Home

  • How do you see homemaking as an art?

  • How do you find beauty in the midst of work that can feel mundane and monotonous

  • Why is gratitude important for the home and how have you seen it improve your experience as a homemaker?

 

• Community

  • How can homemakers with husbands and kids better understand and support your homemaking as a single woman?

  • What advice would you give to a younger woman coming behind you?

 

 

Bonus Content: Christmas

The final season of the year will be a mini-season all about Christmas. The episodes will release, 1 per week, every Wednesday in December before Christmas. These episodes will be a compilation of short holiday segments from each of the women I interviewed during the year. 

After the main interview, we will record a brief holiday segment using the following questions as guidelines.

 

• How do you embrace Holiday Homemaking as a single homemaker?  (Decorating, hospitality, etc). What does a typical Christmas Day look like for you as a single homemaker? Who are you with? What are you eating? How are you celebrating?

• Do you have a special recipe that you always make at Christmas?

• Do you have special holiday traditions that you like to do every year? (Caroling, gingerbread house competition, working at a soup kitchen, cutting your own tree, sending Christmas cards...etc.)

• Holidays are hectic. How do you maintain balance in this busy season and keep your focus on Christ and the things that matter most?
   

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