Organization

Yeah funny title I know. I am probably the most organized, disorganized person you will ever meet!

I am a list person. I have lists for EVERYTHING! Literally, everything! I discovered a new way for organization a few years ago and I have been pleasantly surprised how easy it is to keep up with and how much it has changed my life! What is it? BINDERS!!

Everything to do with our home, family, medical history, travel, moving, schedules, the list goes on and on, is now in a binder of some sort! It really is a great way to get organized, stay organized and keep on top of all things that is life!

Let's be honest here, life is crazy. School, jobs, family, sports, shopping....with so much going on, it's no wonder we are all stressed out. I've taken it upon myself to lessen our stress levels with the use of binders. If you search home management binders a plethora of websites and blogs will come up. There is no shortage of information on this topic! It's so abundant because it works.

I'll start with my home management binder.

I just grabbed an extra binder I had lying around and began with printables I found online. Then I learned how to make my own (and I am having the time of my life with this, more about that later).

I added a cover to the binder so it would look pretty and so anyone who needs any information from this knows which is our Household binder.

 You can download your own copy of this here!

Then I added some very pretty dividers with tabs.

I have tabs for:

Monthly Planning

Weekly Planning

Daily Planning

Our Family

Contacts

Cleaning

Daily Cleaning

Deep Monthly Cleaning

Monthly planning tab:

I keep a monthly calendar here and I have our schedule on it. There are too many things going on for me to try to remember!  I coordinate all of our calendars from this main calendar. You can download your own blank calendar here.

Weekly planning tab:

This is where I can see our week in advance. Things change from week to week, day to day, so to keep even more organized, I print out weekly planning sheets that others in the family can view as I tack them to my cork board. Print out a weekly planning sheet here.

Daily planning tab:

Yep you guessed it, it's all about each day. I have a sheet for each day of the month in my planner. I sit the night before and take a look at my weekly planning sheets to see whats on the agenda. I have a space for to contact, to buy, and to do also on this sheet. There is also a mini task calendar so I can keep track of any appointments or schedules for that particular day. Download the daily planner sheet here.

My next tab is Our Family. 

Here I have basic information on our household with member information, notes on each family member, and some page protectors to hold any paperwork that is absolutely needed for each family member. I have created sheets that are specific to our home, and you can download them. These printables are for a family of 4 in pdf format. I also have them saved as word documents and you can add to the files as is necessary for your family. If interested in the word document version, please email me, I'd be happy to send you a copy! Download the family information sheet here. Download the family notes sheet here.

**UPDATE** The next tab is a contacts tab for household accounts. I don't do a family/friends contact sheet as I have everyone's info either saved on my phone or on Facebook. This contacts sheet is more for utility companies, so the hubs can find the cable number quickly if the cable goes out ;) You can pick up a copy of the household contact sheet here.

I then have my cleaning tabs. 

I like to deep clean in sections of my home and not all at once. I honestly do not have the time for an all at once deep clean! I do have a daily cleaning list, which keeps things tidy.

You can download the daily cleaning printable here.

Here are my monthly cleaning sheets.
First week of the month: entrance and dining room.
Second week of the month: kitchen.
Third week of the month: bathrooms and kids rooms.
Fourth week of the month: master bedroom and office.

I learned a lot of what I know from some great websites online. My absolute favorite can be found here:  Learn household management skills and techniques
Lots of lists and a yearlong declutter/cleaning challenge schedule!  

I have many more binders to share :) And printables coming for those also. I'm working on making other printables to match different seasons and even holidays!

So that's one part of my organization, I hope it's helped you a little bit if you are stressing with how to get everything in your home together!

Have a very blessed day!

Shelly