I figure that I could save myself a lot of time if I just took 10-15 minutes in the morning to better plan out my day at home. I did this all the time at work. I kept a checklist and it kept me on task. At home, it's another story. More things than I want to acknowledge just pop up. So why keep a list? It only made me feel bad about how much was still left to do at the end of the day.
But I recently decided to start a list to plan meals better in hopes to save time and money. Funny thing is my daughter is the one making sure that I follow it. It's just a start, but it's going well.
Since my kids are still home on winter break, we have breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner on a calendar. We plan meals weekly on Saturday with everyone's input.
Everything we eat is based on what we have in our pantry or on our grocery list. No runs to the store that would waste time and gas. Yes, I'd run to the store or send my husband out for the littlest things. This often lead to unnecessary impulse purchases and wasted food.
As I prepare the following week's meal plan, I'm keeping track of items that I need to pick up and perishable that we need to use. Hmm, we need to eat those cucumbers soon!
My plan is to get everything at various grocery stores on a specific day, determined at the start of the week. And we must follow a list, so that we don't go to the store four times in a week or break our food budget.
My hope is we can keep this going forever. I know I'll be richer in time and money for it. As for the other home-project lists, I'm still working on getting those started.
Cheers!
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