Staying Organized

For many years, I worked as a Secretary. I learned to not only manage my bosses time, but mine also! I carried my time management skills to my home life. While my daughter still lived at home, it was very important for me to keep a schedule. She was always involved in 4-H, Girl Scouts, Dance, TKD, or something - so we had to keep track of things. At one time I had a calendar that was color coded! When my baby went to college, I thought I could give up the calendar, I figured my time was my own and I would get a lot accomplished. I realized that didn't work - I wandered around the house, trying to figure out what to do next and never got anything accomplished. So, I came up with a couple of schedules. One is a list of things to accomplish everyday in the house and the other is a time schedule that lets me know what I should be doing and when. The time schedule is very flexible. Life happens and sometimes I don't always get up when the schedule says, or I get the dog walked later, so I keep it flexible. Today is my "House Project" day, so I will spend the day painting the Master Bedroom. I look forward to it because all of the walls in the house were painted white before we bought it! I love color on my walls so I chose Cafe Au Lait. I used it in our last house and was very happy with it. My hope is that the new wall color will get me more motivated to figure out a design for that bedroom.

Here is my weekly schedule:
Monday - Vacuum, Mop, deep clean sink and counters in kitchen, 2 extras
Tuesday - Bathrooms, clean out fireplace, 2 extras
Wednesday - Dust, windows, 3 extras
Thursday - House project
Friday - Vacuum, 3 extras

My extras list consists of things like: baseboards, ceiling fan, cobwebs, etc.

I find that if I keep to this list, I can be done with house work by noon or 1a.m. and then get on to fun things like quilting, knitting, reading, etc. Hope this inspires you!

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