Do you have a weekly schedule?

If you have a weekly schedule what are some of the advantages of having that schedule?

Excepting a couple months before the baby was born,  I have only ever had a very loose weekly schedule, I would do laundry on Monday and clean on Friday, but that was it.  I found that when I established a  weekly schedule my days and my week were more purposeful, my home was more orderly, clean and calm.  I was able to get my tasks done and have extra time to do things I wanted to do, I didn’t waste hours trying to figure out what needed to be done or doing several tasks but never quite finishing anything.  Once the baby came, my weekly schedule had to take a back seat, taking care of a small baby consumes so much time, and one never quite knows when baby will be sleeping or eating or otherwise needing attention, along with the other children in the household.  Like I said before we were on full survival mode, which is ok, it is a time and season, one that I am grateful for, there is nothing so sweet as having a new baby in the home.

However,
baby is now 3 months old, she sleeps 12 hours at night and takes at least two long naps durring the day, it is time to get back to keeping this poor neglected house!  So in the spirit of getting my house in order I will order my days like this:

Monday:
Laundry

Tuesday:
Kitchen

Wednesday:
Baking and cooking

Thursday:
Office

Friday:
Cleaning

Saturday:
Projects

Sunday:
REST

What does your week look like?

At the beginning of the summer I read a really good book called “Large Family Logistics“.  It is a treasure trove of tips and hints on how to organise a household so it runs easily and efficiently.  It is geared towards larger families, but I honestly think that it was a mistake to title the book “Large Family” because I think that no matter the size of the family, a single college student, a family of three or thirteen or a retired couple, everyone can benefit from the organizational tips in this book.    Before the baby was born I used a few of the management tool in the book and they helped very much, I felt like I was handling the day to day chores and a few of the extras, so when baby came I was on top of everything.  Well, once baby had come that all fell apart and we were in full survival mode, especially with the onset of my postpartum depression/anxiety.  However, three months later I a feeling strong and ready to do what I love the most: be a mother and homemaker.

I have decided to give myself three goals, or projects for this week.

1. Get up, get dressed, put on make-up and do my hair.  Even if that means I am in a pony tail, with jeans and a t-shirt, I will be dressed for the day.

2. My bed will be made and the master bathroom cleaned.  I would like to clarify that my bathroom is “cleaned” once a week, so it isn’t like I have a hoarders type bathroom issue going on, I am talking about making sure that brushes, combs, hair spray, etc are put away.  My bedroom and bathroom are an area of the house that is easily neglected, they aren’t delegated to one of the children, and it is easy for me to just shut the door and forget, however I have found when that room is clean the whole house seems to come together easier.

3. I am going to get my Household Management binder in order and get a weekly and daily schedule in place.  I have used household binders in the past and they have worked well.  They were mostly used as a place to organize all the papers that would pass my fingers in a day, but this one is going to be different.  I will use it for paper organization, but also as a place for budgets, schedules and menu planning.  I plan on talking about weekly schedules later on this week.

It is now 1:00 in the afternoon, I am dressed, but still need to do my hair and make-up, and while my bed is made the bathroom needs to be picked up, it is laundry day so the binder is going to have to wait until tomorrow.  Can I do these goals this week?  I certinaly plan on it, but I am thinking a daily schedual would be helpful for keep myself on track!