Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool
Today I am going to challenge you. I want you to set your timer for 15 minutes and declutter at least 27 things. You can either throw them away or give them away. I do not want you to work on putting things away, I want you to focus on getting rid of your excess today. If you find things to put away, feel free to put them away, but you cannot count them in this challenge. The things you get rid of an range from paper to clothes to toys to anything that you have in excess that is holding you back from having peace in your home. I am hitting this one hard because we like to hold on to stuff. It’s time to release some of it today. Ready. Set. Go!
Zone Mission: Give away or throw away 27 things today.
Grocery Shopping and Errand Day – Take your list, pack snacks, and water bottles.
Afternoon Routine:
Grocery Shopping and Errand Day – Take your list, pack snacks, and water bottles.
Home:
- Make Your Bed (Do this as soon as you get up.)
- Get Dressed Down to Your Shoes
- Swish and Swipe
- Start Your Laundry
- Decide on Dinner
- Check Your Calendar
- Start the Day off with a Shiny Sink. Don’t leave the breakfast dishes sitting.
School: Are you doing a read aloud book for the whole family? If not, pick one out and read at lunch time or in the evening. It will bring a new dimension to your school day.
Afternoon Routine:
- Eat Lunch
- Clear off One Hot Spot
- Reboot the Laundry
- Declutter for 15 Minutes (Be sure to have your children declutter, too.)
- Drink Your Water
- Errand day: Make your plan for grocery shopping and errands. Pack water bottles and snacks for everyone. Pack up your library books that need to be turned in.
Family Fun: Plan a fun activity while you are out. I am in the habit of checking for free activities that are going on while we are out doing errands.
When you get home from doing errands, have everyone work together to unload and put away everything.
Before Bed: (This starts right after dinner.)
- Check the Calendar for Tomorrow
- Lay out Your Clothes for Tomorrow (Have your children lay their clothes out, too.)
- Put things at the Launch Pad that you will need first thing in the morning
- Shine Your Sink
- Clean Off a Hot Spot
- Go to Bed at Decent Hour
