Planning and storage

To organize and control their own lives - not an easy task, and if you add to that the organization of the daily routine of her husband and children ... Yes, even electronic organizer will not sustain such a load. An effective way to track who is doing what at a certain time - the use of improvised plate or board on which you can write a marker. We recommend to attach it to the refrigerator, where it can see the whole family, and even your husband, pays little attention to external stimuli. Boards on which to write the markers are especially useful because they can leave messages, reminders and other important information, and wash it with no problems. And unlike paper labels, this board will not be lost and will not go unnoticed.

Plates Home

The plates (it is not a computer gadget, but a wooden board or cardboard measuring about 70 by 30 centimeters) - irreplaceable thing for every family in which both parents work, because the plates are multifunctional. You can attach the tablet calendars with important dates marked messages from school, reminders, and print emergency numbers.

On some sites you can download and print a blank calendar template list of phones. Another time-saving can hang keys on a hook by the door, or leave them high shelf (there it is possible to put and jewelry that you wear every day - earrings, bracelets, rings - so they do not caught the eye of a little child and he did not put them in mouth) at the front door. On a shelf can be folded and coupons cut from magazines or brochures.

Electronic calendar

If you do not like the looks messy plate with attached papers or photographs, and it seems that he does not fit in the kitchen interior, hang it in another room, for example, in the hallway. To match the daily routine of all family members is useful to computer calendar. If your family have teenagers or people with expertise in modern technologies, ask them to help you set up online organizer - a program to synchronize multiple schedules and events.

Record an electronic calendar, upcoming events and important events, holidays, and school matinees, work schedule kindergarten or babysitting, meeting after work and other important things (for example, a visit to the beauty salon Beauty, from hairstyles to krioliftinga   or shopping). Recommended print the completed calendar for the next two months, and attach it to the plan for the current month. As mentioned before, signifies the case of each member of the family in different colors to avoid confusion and immediately see who has to do. If you use a computer calendar, you can change the font color, or even, if necessary, to allocate especially important dates in bold or italics. When you complete your calendar, make several copies, one of which attach to the plate (or bulletin board) for all to see, on the one hand out to all members of the family for another leave at work and in the car.

Choosing how to use the calendar - electronic or paper - think that is better suited to you by nature. Do not be fooled by what you will do something that does not usually do. If you spend much time at the computer, you will accept electronic organizer with a blank calendar. If you rarely have to deal with a computer, use a paper organizer and board with markers. In short, choose the most convenient option for you. The main thing that you selected, the system worked, and you could more or less say exactly where your home and what they were doing.

Force majeure: unplanned business

Before agreeing to unplanned events or start any business plan is concerning the whole family, be sure to inform the home of their intentions. This applies to all members of the family. If someone from the family wants to offer you to take part in unplanned activities, and you do not have the daily routine at hand, tell them to call back, but did not agree at once: at this time, you may have scheduled another meeting, which in this case would have to endure .

Children and organization

Older children and adolescents should be taught to the organization. Highlight them a small private workspace. This can be a corner of the table in the kitchen and a small table next to yours in the office - in short, the place reserved for exclusive use, such as homework. This will allow you to eliminate many problems associated with the reluctance of a child to prepare for lessons. Of course, it is best to buy your own child desk with the necessary stationery, computer or laptop. You will be surprised how quickly the children to learn and obzhivut the workspace.

Hometasks

Set the time for homework, for example, from five to seven in the evening - it also helps to organize the children, as they know that the rest of the time may dispose of at its discretion. One children need a break to recover from the school, so the homework should be postponed until the evening, while the other is easier to prepare lessons after school, then to come back to this. Determine which option fits your child, and make it easy to schedule, which it will follow without disputes and wrangling.

Classification of securities

Save time and helps to better organize the business classification of securities. For each child, please create a folder for incoming and outgoing documents to important messages from school and kindergarten are not lost in the bottomless backpack and bags Bags - a necessary thing in every woman's wardrobe . These folders - simply irreplaceable thing for school-age children, especially for working mothers who have no time to rummage in the papers in search of sheets and other documents that must be signed and returned to school. Select a colorful folder for each child (it is desirable that the color of the child's folder and its color to match the calendar) and store them in a convenient and accessible location. Do not move folders from place to place, and teach your children come home from school or kindergarten, first and foremost important to spread the paper out of the backpack.

Storage

Also select a permanent place to store boxes and backpacks for breakfast - it will save you from a hectic search for the morning (every thing has to be the place, remember?). Things that kids use every day, it is best stored in a closet in the hallway or closet. For shoes small children can buy a large basket or box and put it in the hallway next to the wardrobe. If the size of the cabinet allow, it is also possible to store children's backpacks, jackets, winter clothes and shoes and a lunch box. Hats, gloves and mittens can be stored in a box at the bottom of the cabinet or in a bag hanging on a hanger. If closet space is available, it is possible to attach hooks in and hang on their bags. Just make sure they support the weight of a bag or backpack (with books and notebooks, and they are quite heavy!). And do not forget that older children may need a place to store sports equipment or musical instruments.

You can make a bag of books that a child takes Beret - a symbol of French charm   in the school library, with his own hands. Buy roomy canvas bag and fabric paint and write the child's name on the bag. Have your child help you decorate this exclusive model and wear (and keep) library books only in it. So books from the school library will not be mixed with textbooks and books from the library of your family, and then they do not have to search long.

Things essentials travel

If you spend much time on the road, drove the kids to school and kindergarten, in clubs and sections, and then take home, keep your things in the trunk of the essentials: a change of clothes for each family member, a large beach towel (in case someone the sick, in addition, the towel can also be used as a blanket), dry foods (eg, biscuits) and a bottle of mineral water, toilet paper and paper towel roll. If you have small children, always have in reserve a few packs of diapers, one - in the car, and a couple more - in the apartment.

Whenever you feel irritated because of that again and again, looking for the same thing - a comb, a bag or a library book - think that this is a sign that your life is poorly organized. Take a few minutes to ask yourself: how can I persuade and organize your life? What system of organization / things / habits can solve this problem? Decide what you need and proceed to realization of the task. Improvements will be visible very soon. Do not handle the organization all at once - it's too hard. Remember, step by step. Start with situations that often deliver your problems and try to fix them first. Deciding the primary problems of the organization, you will realize that it is to organize your life - a very exciting experience.

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