Every week on my Daily To Do List {Weekly Plan}, I type out my Weekly To Do List.
It looks something like this:
:: calendar planning
:: trash and recycling
:: clean purse
:: weekly cleaning tasks – vacuum, dust, mop, bathrooms, mirrors, appliance fronts, wash sheets
:: files and paperwork
:: clip and file coupons; grocery pre-list; make next week’s menu; make grocery list
I add this list because I just love cleaning my house, filing away paperwork, and making a grocery list every week.
Ha, ha! Ha, ha! Bahahahah!
Seriously, I do it because if I didn’t write down these necessary weekly tasks, I’d would never do them. As in NEVER. Never ever.
In all honesty, cleaning really isn’t my thing. I just don’t like it. I might get a little giddy about sorting out a cabinet and getting rid of stuff, but I would rather go to the dentist than clean the shower.
Um….really.
Still, like it or not, there are things that must be done every week (or nearly every week) in order to keep my home somewhat clean and in order. When I don’t do these tasks each week, they grow into monsters. Piled-up, dusty, soap-scummed monsters. Not exactly fun or peaceful.
Now, I’m facing a whole new season of life, and I’m trying to work out the best system for managing these necessary weekly chores. You may notice on my Daily To Do List that I’ve been simply listing the weekly tasks by group without assigning them to a particular day (like you see above). This list works like a checklist that I cross off whenever I complete something. My hope is that by the end of each week, I will have done most (maybe even all?) of the items on my list.
In other seasons of life, I’ve worked hard to do my basic housecleaning in just one hour, or I’ve spread out all of the week’s tasks, including the weekly housecleaning, evenly across the entire week. Basically, I try to evaluate what is or isn’t working and make adjustments so the dust, paper, and crud don’t take over the house and boot me out.
I guess the main thing to remember is that having a plan for the routine tasks that pop up in every day or every week helps keep our homes in order without continually wasting our brainpower or heaping on guilt. It doesn’t really matter if we spread our chores throughout the week, assign them to specific days, or race a timer to accomplish everything in just one day. What matters is that we have a plan and we work to serve our families through it.
You can print out the Daily To Do List {Weekly Plan} each week if you’d like to use my basic Weekly To Do List. Or, you can follow these quick tips for making your own Weekly To Do List and creating a weekly housecleaning list.
Do you follow a list for your weekly tasks?
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