We all know there are incredible benefits to meal planning. At the top of my list is the stress it saves over figuring out what’s for dinner at the last minute. A long-term advantage is that you get really good at cooking meals you know your family will eat. Who doesn’t like to feel like … Read more
Meal planning made simple Ever cringe at the question “What’s for dinner, mom?” In two hours with just paper and pen (or your computer) you can create a simple menu plan that you can use forever. Set aside an evening to follow these five easy steps. You’ll never dread that question again. Materials needed: Time: … Read more
Let’s dive into creating a Household System for something that happens on a daily basis: meal preparation. How does meal preparation lend itself to a system? How could it be streamlined and systematized for maximum efficiency? Think about making a process map for how you go about preparing meals. A process map is simply a … Read more
As much as I like to think that when I wash the dishes, they will stay washed, it just isn’t so. A surprisingly large portion of our “tasks” are actually things that need to be done over and over. Rather than putting “wash the dishes” on a to do list, this type of activity needs … Read more
Household Management is what we do to keep our homes running. It is everything that keeps our homes (and lives) functioning, useable, clean, orderly, and beautiful. From the top down it looks like this: Household Management – Systems – Routines or Projects – Tasks. (graphic here) Systems are like the machine that needs to be … Read more
In a previous post about demolishing piles, I ended at the point of me starting to complete items in my “Take Action” box that take two minutes or less. Why that length of time? David Allen says in his book Getting Things Done, “The rationale for the two-minute rule is that that’s more or less … Read more