Family Schedule

by funfelt on November 5, 2006

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

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Rebecca Daniels November 5, 2006 at 11:01 pm

I like it! I’m going to make one tomorrow!

Awnya Boam November 6, 2006 at 10:05 am

What a cool idea! It makes it easy for all to see what is happening and then no one has to wonder what mom is up to! I need to get my mom doing this becuase there are many times that my brothers and sisters will come home and call me to figure out where my mom is! LOL!

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