A Wife, A Mom, Getting It All Done in A Day
As a wife and a mom, it is hard to get everything done. There is housework, meals, activities, and if you work outside the home, your career work. We moms wear many hats. In the January blog, I shared an organization plan to help manage our homes efficiently. I discussed a daily plan (morning and evening), a weekly plan for weekly chores, and a monthly plan for deep cleaning areas. Recently, I visited a YouTube channel that talked about this topic. She has simplified her daily routine into time blocks. I thought this simplified home organization. I used her time block plan and put my daily routine into these blocks. I felt this streamlined my daily, weekly, and monthly routine into manageable slots that felt less overwhelming. I encourage you to check out Hopewell Heights YouTube Vlog, “ How I Homeschool, Homestead, & Run a Blog and YouTube Channel as a Mom of 5!” Click on the link below to view.
After watching this vlog, I reviewed my organization chart and changed my daily routine to blocks. In each block I combined morning and evening routines with my weekly and monthly chores. This removed the complexities from my daily routine. I would encourage you to look at your current routine and see if blocks might be the solution you are looking for.
My current routine with blocks:
BLOCK 1 7:00-9:30
Morning Routine
Spend time in prayer with my Heavenly Father for guidance for the day before getting out of bed.
Comb hair, brush teeth
Make my hubby’s breakfast/ lunch (he leaves before 6 AM for work), I usually lie back down until 7 AM
Exercise
Walk through the house for quick pick up and reset
Get dressed, shower, and makeup
Breakfast and bible
0930 Relax break
BLOCK 2 10-12
Weekly chores or monthly chores
If you didn’t read my January blog on organization, here are my weekly and monthly chores. Monthly chores include deep cleaning an area. I do monthly chores on any given day, whenever time allows. Be flexible!
Weekly chore list
Monday Laundry, Inventory of the refrigerator and the pantry. Make a weekly menu and grocery list
Tuesday Market /errands
Wednesday Dust
Thursday Floors mopping and vacuuming
Friday Bake and cook
Saturday FUN DAY Catch up on anything that didn’t get done or a monthly chore. Do crafts, sewing, anything you choose.
Sunday Rest (DO NOT SKIP REST!!!!)
Monthly schedule
January living room /family room
February Bathrooms
March Bedrooms
April Kitchen
May porches /garage
June living room/ family room
July Bathrooms
August Bedrooms
September Kitchen
October Catch up on anything you missed, or porch and garage if needed.
November and December Holiday planning, decorations, and enjoyment
LUNCH BREAK 12:00- 1:00
BLOCK 3 1:00- 3:00
Working, writing my blog or book
BLOCK 4 4:00-8:00
Make dinner
Pack lunches for the next day
Do the dishes and clean the kitchen
Spend time with my hubby
These times are not written in stone. I change as I need to. If I need to spend longer, I do. If I need a rest break, I take it. I try to be flexible. Life happens, we may have an activity that comes up, or an appointment that is needed, or we are simply tired and need a rest day. This is meant to be flexible to work for you not against you. Remember that when we are happy, our haven is happy.
I hope this will bless you with your journey as the keeper of your haven. Please check out the link below from Hopewell Heights. She has lots of good content to help us wives and moms to be the best we can be. As iron sharpens iron let us all learn from each other. If you have an idea to help with home organization, please comment below.
