"10 things" support thread

[tazmom]

I'm willing to jump on this bandwagon. I'm already doing some of the stuff and my kids will be going to school part time in the fall, so I really need some better habits for the rest.

1. Wake up early: Really need to start doing this. Alarm is set for 7am, but I usually ignore it unless there's somewhere I have to be at by a certain time.

2. Go to bed early: The reason I don't get up early. I get so much done and feel so awake at night. I hate to give that up.

3. Evening Preparations: I need to figure out what this will involve at my house.

4. Meal planning: Do this already. We make a 2 weeks plan. Also, Dh has an alarm on his phone for 7pm so we can check what needs done for the next day's dinner. It's also the signal for the kids to get ready for bed.

5. 1 load of laundry per day~ Start to finish: That's the goal. Some days are more, some days I'm not home all day.

6. Dishes done each evening: Dh is my savior for this. Once he understood how much it threw off my day to wake up to dirty dishes he started making sure they're done before he goes to bed every night. I load the dishwasher and dd puts away dry dishes in the morning.

7. 5 minute bathroom cleaning: I have the kids do this.

8. Have a place for everything: still working on this

9. Have a bedtime routine of cleaning up: kids have End Of Day Pickup every night before dinner. That takes care of 90% of the mess.

10. Don't say "yes" immediately to new requests: not an issue here