WAHM Tips

November 5, 2006

Family Schedule

Filed under:, , — funfelt @ 10:17 pm

Do you feel like your life is hectic and crazy? Feel like you have no control over it? I was feeling that way too until someone convinced me to post a weekly schedule on my fridge. What a difference it has made.

Family Schedule

First of all it helps me with a visual prominently displayed in my home (instead of just on my computer which is where my planner is) but it also gives my family a better sense of how I am spending my time. They know that in the blank spots I am more available, and during the business times I am working. I even started putting “dinner” on the schedule so I’d remember to plan something to cook! It has helped a lot. LOL

Family Schedule

I got this magnetic white board from Office Max for about $15. It has magnets on the back so I can put it on the fridge, and is magnetic itself so I got the magnetic white board pens too! I then took a Sharpie and made a line down the columns and wrote time blocks down the left side and turned it into a Weekly calendar vs. a Monthly which is what I bought it as. Now my family can easily see what we have planned for the week and when I am available, and they know when there’s something green on the schedule, that I am working. :-)

Try it for a week, see if it helps you gain some control over your week!

Karen Clark
Independent Story Time Felts Consultant

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