Why Organize Days By Tasks and Projects?

Organizing your days by activities and grouping "like" things together helps in a few ways: 

First, you can focus on one set of chores and projects at a time, instead of running errands, paying bills, and cleaning toilets. 

Second, you can generally give yourself permission to focus on new tasks the following day because you know that a day for cleaning or doing errands will be right around the corner again. 

Third, focusing on certain chores on certain days does not mean that things will not get done. Instead, it allows you permission to roll over a task until the next day or just wait until that task comes up again the next week. 

It does not matter so much how your week is organizing, only that you have some sort of plan set up so that when the vacuuming just does not fit into the day, you know right where to plug it in so it is not entirely skipped. 

Monday - cleaning day, laundry, any deep cleaning is a bonus

Tuesday - paperwork, computer, phone calls, grocery lists

Wednesday - errands, appointments (if possible) Bring snacks and water and make it worth your while to go out and get things done.

Thursday - half-cleaning day, or make sure things are ready for the weekend, baking, any prep for the weekend that did not happen earlier in the week.

Friday - free day: anything that you want to do that will feed your soul. Sometimes I read, sometimes I play at the park with the kids, sometimes I have a date with one of my kids over lunch, sometimes I want to stay home and sometimes I want to have lunch with friends. It does not really matter what you do, just that you do something for you this day and feel like you have the right to take some time for you.

Saturday - family work and family play day. cleaning out the garage, storage room, buying and rotating food storage, yard work (so much yard work!), hikes, bike rides, walks, park, play games together, watch a movie together - just do things together. 

Sunday - rest and worship. Let this day prepare you for the week to come. 

Start grouping your tasks and chores together and be super consistent for six months. If you cannot see the benefits, simply go back to your previous schedule. But I know that you will see that you really do have time for at least some time for you every week and time for your family relationships, too.