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Procrastination Remedies: What to do when your system isn’t working

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This is the fifth post in a series on procrastination remedies.  In the previous post, I talked about what to do when you feel overwhelmed because you don’t know where to start.  In this post, I’m going to talk about what to do when you feel overwhelmed because you just don't know how to do something. This usually happens because you have a system that is broken.  What do I mean by a broken system?  Well, imagine if you were going to mow the lawn, but instead of getting out a … [Read more...] about Procrastination Remedies: What to do when your system isn’t working

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How to Get Your Meal Prep System Together

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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 list of all the steps you take when you are doing a task.  If you can describe what happens step-by-step, then you can figure out where things bottle-neck or … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Meal Prep System Together

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Household Systems: Cycles of Repetition

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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 to become part of a routine.  Routines are the powerhouse of your household systems.  Let’s take a closer look at some of the routines that need to happen around the home. Daily Some things, like dishes, are … [Read more...] about Household Systems: Cycles of Repetition

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Household Management: Run Your Home Like a Pro

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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 in place to get a job done, and they are always about effectiveness.  In other words, the machine is in place so that you can accomplish important … [Read more...] about Household Management: Run Your Home Like a Pro

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