You have a list of dozens of appointments to book, tax filing is due and you still have to make a stack of travel reservations. But you don’t have time to think about it, because you need to get dinner ready and pay the bills. Family management and scheduling is a challenge; by the time you notice the deadline you are running flat-out to get everything done in time. Family organization is a lot more stressful than most jobs I’ve been paid for.
Family Management 101
Nothing taught me how to organize my family faster than recovering from surgery, caring for my parents and my child, all while returning to work. There were times I didn’t think we’d make it, but we did. And you can too. Getting ahead of it is easier than you think. It may seem unrealistic if you have never done it before, but anybody can do it. You just need to get started. Managing family matters is just developing a few easy habits.
These templates and posts will help with your biggest pain points. Give yourself a break. Start with creating efficiencies and using your timely more wisely. Consider shortcuts, alternate solutions and outsourcing, or maybe skip it all together. Our family has tried most solutions, with mixed results and I am happy to share our experience, even the bad stuff. Use our checklists and the corresponding how-to posts for more information.
Family Organization Checklists
- Family Helpers – Housekeeper Checklist
- Correspondence Tracking
- Items on Loan
- Family Gifts Received Tracking
What’s for Dinner?
Think feeding your family a healthy meal every night is unrealistic? Think again. Use a variety of tips and tools to plan healthy fast everyday meals for your whole family.
I am not a great cook, but I can get food on the table in 30 minutes. When I was on crutches, puttering around the kitchen making gourmet meals wasn’t an option, but we still ate simple but healthy most nights. These guides and templates will help you do the same. I may not be a great source of recipes, but I can help you find them. Plan your meals, do your grocery shopping, and eat well with the printables below. Or make life even easier by outsourcing some of it.
Meal Planning
Grocery Shopping Templates
Cooking
Ordering In and Eating Out
More Family Printables under construction
Come back again soon, as we are always working to add to the toolkit. Here are some examples of future tools we are working on:
- Household Contact List
- Family Holiday/Event Planner
- Virtual Assistant Engagement Form
- Vacation Planner
- Road Trip Planner
- Prescription Log
- Doctors Contact List
- Medical History Summary
