Everything in its place, every day in it's place. Life has a rythmn and pace depending what season you are in. Everything in our home has a home. I pick up as I work, cook, etc. I have a full clean day once a week and daily cleaning tasks. Laundry is done every day from start to finish.
Monday - Friday I work at my remote position from 4-7. The children start their lessons from 7-9 while I work on my PhD classes and write my novel. I teach the children 9-3:30. In between, I am completing household tasks. We work at the family businesses from 3:30 to 7:30. This is our furniture, the animals, and the gardening.
Monday is my baking day and grocery day. Tuesday is mending and making jewelry for sale. Wednesday is meal prep. Thursday is bills and dealing with the rentals. Friday is beauty day and house repairs. Saturday is date night and familyday. Sunday is rest.
I cannot stand clutter. I believe in doing things now. The mail is deal with by the trash. I pay bills for our business as they come in. There was a time I was single mother working 2 jobs and going to school, I needed to establish a tight schedule to get everything done and be there for my kids. I have kept that same schedule ever sense. If the determined job deosn't need to be done that day, I add another work or homestead chore. During canning season, and other times of disruption I have what I call a slam it day. I may do all my work, chores etc in one very long day. The key is never be more than 1/2 a day behind. It is one of the reasons the reason the children have been successful in homeschooling, habits, routines, and schedules. We have done cross country trips, emergency rental property trips while teaching on the road.
In my former work, I taught life and parenting skills to mothers from all walks of life with health issues and cognitive issues who struggling to keep life together. I personally tried all the housekeeping from FLylady to Clean mama because there were clients that had no sense of beginning or end to projects. You need to meet people where they are. You can tell people to clean their sink, make their bed, or set out their clothes. Things have to have meaning to people to make sense of in their lives.
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