Ways To Make Your Life Simpler And Easier.
1. Have a plan.
2. Start your morning in a peaceful way.
3. Simplify your wardrobe.
4. Do as much as you can the night before.
5. Develop a laundry system that works for you.
6. Even if you’ll be home at noon, make lunch the night before.
7. Carpool.
8. Spend time regularly to plan menus for your family’s meals.
9. Read good books about cleaning, housekeeping, organizing, and making your house a home.
10. When running errands, take a few minutes to map out your route.
11. Avoid huge piles of wet towels and dirty cups through color coding.
12. Quit wasting time crunching numbers with pen and pencil.
13. Organize your bookkeeping.
14. Prepare packing lists for different activities so that you always have what you need.
15. Clean as you go.
16. Set your maids to work first thing in the morning.
17. Use little minutes.
18. Cook ahead and freeze several meals.
19. Clean the bathroom while you’re in there anyway.
20. Delegate.
21. Develop a method of cleaning and tidying for each room.
22. Include a child with you in your errands.
23. Store like items with their kin and locate them where you use them.
24. If you bake often, consider preparing your own homemade mixes.
25. Maximize relaxation.
26. Find a calendar system that works for your family.
27. Prioritize your tasks.
28. Clip coupons? Don’t leave home without them!
29. Create shortcuts to dinner prep.
30. Find yourself buried? Take some time to climb out from under.
31. Ask God for help.
32. Start going to bed earlier.
33. Lower your standards.
34. Get moving.
35. Use the penicillin method for decluttering.
36. Find the quickest route from messy to clean.
37. Learn to say NO.
38. Look at the path ahead of you and plan accordingly.
39. Be willing to take a shortcut.
40. Only keep what is useful and beautiful.
41. Be satisfied with enough.
42. Have a potluck.
43. Catch some rays.
44. Don’t fold the laundry.
45. Wear an apron.
46. Expect good behavior from your children.
47. Go to the doctor.
48. Clean out the car.
49. Be prepared for an emergency.
50. Don’t make promises you can’t keep.
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