Back to Basics Wednesday – Getting Organized

Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool

Let’s get back to the basics today. Is your sink shiny? Are you dressed down to your lace-up shoes? Do you know what’s for dinner? These three basics will help you have a more peaceful day. If you have these three things answered in the affirmative, then you are ready to build on your routines.

Do you drink enough water each day?

Do you need to declutter an area?

Is all of your Holiday stuff put away?

Have you done your Weekly House Blessings?

Have you been putting off something?

As you read thorough this list, where do you stand? Each day, I do my morning routine, and I make a list of 6 things I want to accomplish that day. I don’t have time in y day to devote to a longer list. If I have only 6 things to do, I can work them into my daily schedule. If I have a list that is longer than 6 things, I feel defeated before I ever start. I put down things that need attention that day, and I put down at least one thing I have been putting off. We all have tasks that are unpleasant. For me, it usually involves calling customer service for something.

Purpose today to follow the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening routines listed below. Get back to the Basics and see if you have more peace in your home.

Zone Mission: Clean out the refrigerator and start fresh for your grocery shopping day.

For your Holiday Mission, take down any decorations on the porch.

Grocery Shopping and Errand Day – Take your list, pack snacks, and water bottles.

Home:
  • Make Your Bed (Do this as soon as you get up.)
  • Get Dressed Down to Your Shoes
  • Swish and Swipe
  • Start Your Laundry
  • Decide on Dinner
  • Check Your Calendar
  • Start the Day off with a Shiny Sink. Don’t leave the breakfast dishes sitting.

School: Is your paperwork caught up? Do you need to update lesson plans or attendance sheets?


Afternoon Routine:
  • Eat Lunch
  • Clear off One Hot Spot
  • Reboot the Laundry
  • Declutter for 15 Minutes (Be sure to have your children declutter, too.)
  • Drink Your Water
  • Errand day: Make your plan for grocery shopping and errands. Pack water bottles and snacks for everyone. Pack up your library books that need to be turned in.
Family Fun: Plan a fun activity while you are out. I am in the habit of checking for free activities that are going on while we are out doing errands.
When you get home from doing errands, have everyone work together to unload and put away everything.

Before Bed: (This starts right after dinner.) 
  • Check the Calendar for Tomorrow
  • Lay out Your Clothes for Tomorrow (Have your children lay their clothes out, too.)
  • Put things at the Launch Pad that you will need first thing in the morning
  • Shine Your Sink
  • Clean Off a Hot Spot
  • Go to Bed at Decent Hour

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Tami Fox is a homeschool mom of 6, who in age from 26 to 11. She and her husband have homeschooled for 17 years and have graduated three of their children from their homeschool. They are currently homeschooling 3 boys who are in grades 11, 9, and 6. They use hands-on learning and unit studies to ignite the fire of learning in their children. Tami is a homeschool author and conference speaker. You can contact her by email at Tami@TamiFox.com. Buy her book, Giving Your Children Wings at https://tamifox.net/giving-your-children-wings/.

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