Many years ago, I put together a file box
For starters, I have a whole slug of 3 in. x 5 in. index cards
Next, I have dividers. They are labeled:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Storage
Emilie Barnes recommends the following:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Twice a year
- Annually
I prefer my way, because then I can nail down an exact month in which to assign items. If the items are quarterly, I make 4 cards. If the item is twice a year, I make 2 cards. I hope you are following me now 
Now to explain what comes behind those headers on the cards….
Behind my daily tab, I have several cards that need to be done each day. Yours may vary. Mine are as follows:
- Consider dinner preparations: Pull out meat for thawing
- Make Bed, tidy bedroom
- Balance checkbook
- Have quiet time
- Take garbage out of each bathroom and put in new bags
- Wipe down sinks
- Sweep floors
- Laundry: Wash 4 loads, dry, fold, and put away
- Do school
- Dishes: Maintain
- Wipe down front of cupboards and appliances
I do not do all those tasks. Some are shared and some are assigned. They are in no particular order. Each day, I go through my cards and make sure each task has been accomplished. I have been doing it so long, though, that I know them by heart and are routine here. I do revisit the box no and again, though, to see if I should add or remove something.
Behind my weekly tab, I have a card labeled for each day of the week. The days of the week could be in pen since that doesn’t change. Mine are as follows, yous could be different.
- Sunday: Plan for next week, take a break
- Monday: Iron, mend, vacuum, water the live tree in the living room
- Tuesday: Mop floors, do bills
- Wednesday: Vacuum, bathe littles, yard work
- Thursday: Town day, get garbage cans out for garbage service
- Friday: Clean bathrooms, plan menu
- Saturday: Check over undone chores, bathe littles, vacuum
Behind my monthly tab, I have 4 cards, which are labeled
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
On each of those cards, I have written tasks. Mine are as follows:
- Week 1: Clean all 3 upstairs hall closets (blankets & linens, towels, coats & shoes), yard patrol, clean garage
- Week 2: Clean out van, clean refrigerator
- Week 3: Change linens, clean pantry, watch kitchen walls
- Week 4: Follow up on things to be mailed, sorted, and filed, clean washroom, wash appliances thoroughly.
Here are the things I have behind each of my month tabs. I have a card for each task:
- January
- Clean under refrigerator and stove
- February
- Straighten drawers
- Clear upstairs bookshelves, clean thoroughly and put back together
- March
- Sort through clothing boxes and rotate clothes.
- Clean the shed
- April
- Wash windows, inside and out.
- Defrost & clean garage refrigerator & freezers
- Change smoke alarm batteries
- May
- Put bacteria in toilet/septic
- June
- Clear downstairs bookshelves, clean thoroughly and put back together. Rotate books.
- Change furnace filter
- Clean the shed
- July
- Clean the dryer vent in back of dryer
- August
- Rearrange some furniture or consider what might make my home warm and welcoming. Make changes as desired.
- Clear upstairs bookshelves, clean thoroughly and put back together.
- September
- Clean screens from windows for storage over winter.
- Clean the shed
- November
- Sort through clothing boxes and rotate clothing.
- Change the smoke alarm batteries
- Harvest/can/freeze
- Put bacteria in toilet/septic
- December
- Clean shed
I know… I have some duplicates often, but the idea is maintenance before it gets bad.
I am going to share about my storage tab another time, because it is a little involved and will probably take another post.
Tags: Organization, schedule
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