Okay, listen we are all looking to find more time.Β I did a post a while back on time management ideas, and one of those ideas was creating more time by being more organized.Β One of these ways to do this is batching, that is doing many tasks all at once.Β This is why we only do laundry once a week rather than wash what little close we dirty on a daily basis.Β It just saves time.
Plan your chores and meals for a year
Planning out your chores and meals ahead of time will save time, save mental power, create order in your home, elicit more cooperation from family members to all do their fair share.
Just think of it…
How much time do you waste daily trying to decide who does dinner or dishes or what to have for dinner?Β Just do it all at once.Β Batching is a time management device that can save extraordinary amounts of time.
Why do it for a year?
Well, I put together a spreadsheet that plans everything out for a long time.Β I just chose a year because if you can plan a week in advance, a computer can just multiply that over a year’s time.Β Easy.Β It’s done, and you can always update it.
You can download this nifty Excel spreadsheet which will do the work for you.Β All I ask is that you subscribe to my newsletter in exchange.Β Don’t worry if it turns out that you don’t like the email content I share with you, you can always unsubscribe.
What’s So Cool About This Spreadsheet?
This spreadsheet will take information about your family, chores, and meal preferences and create a chart for your fridge and even data to upload to a shared family calendar.
This spreadsheet is simple.Β Just add your family information in the first sheet of the workbook (you only change the yellow cells).
- Members of the family (from 1 to 9 people)
- Weekly chores (as many or as little as you need up to 9)
- Daily choresΒ (as many or as little as you need up to 9)
- Favorite meals & the % likelihood you want them to show up
This is a smart spreadsheet.Β You can add more chores than people or more people than chores.Β It will automatically create …
- a printable calendar for you to stick on your fridge
- a downloadable file to upload to your shared family’s google calendar
Printable Calendar
Download This SpreadsheetInstructions to print your calendar:
- Complete the first sheet, “Fill this out”
- Go to the second sheet and print
- Staple and paste to fridge with blue tac
Here’s an example of what the chore chart looks like:Β Cores & Meals (updated 2018.09(SEP)) EXAMPLE.pdf
Here’s a Blank copy:Β Chores-Meals-updated-2018.09SEP, gsheets
The spreadsheet help you generate a cvs file to upload to your family Google calendar.
Instructions: How to upload your family chores to your Family Google Calendar:
- Complete the first sheet, “Fill this out”
- Go to the Upload this to Google Calendar sheet and copy the contents
- Open a new spreadsheet (MAC: Command+N; PC: Control+N)
- Paste the data (MAC: Command+V; or PC: Control+V)
- Save the sheet as a csv file (MAC: Command+S; or PC: Control+S)
- Open your Google Calendar in a browser
- Create a Family Calendar and share it with family membersΒ (if you haven’t already done so)
- Β Go to settings in your Google Calendar
- Click on “Import” calendar
- Select the csv file and the family calendar
- “Import”
Here are your 3 Simple Steps…
Step 1) Create your CVS file
Step 2) Go to Google Calendar Settings
Step 3) Upload your CVS file
Then ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY will be able to see the chores on thier
- computer,
- smartphone, or even
- their smart watch.
The best part is that when you make a change to the calendar, for instance changing some weekly meals, everyone will get the updates wherever they are.
Google Calendar Online
Google Calendar in your Smartphone
Google Calendar on your Apple Watch
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