Month: February 2020

After using several variations on store bought chore charts, I finally decided to make my own. With a little help from Google Sheets, I made a printable chore chart, filled in with my most frequent chores.

You can see how I left some extra rows for writing in extra chores or appointments. I also used a pink zebra mildliner to highlight the rectangle for the day I planned to do each task.

This kind of simple chart works really well for me, even when I don’t need the reminder to do certain chores that have become habits.

As I check off completed tasks, I essentially create a log of my “wins” for the week. This is important to me, because like a lot of us, I often get in a slump and feel as if I haven’t accomplished anything, or that my day was a waste.

Keeping a log like this allows me to see that I have, in fact, accomplished things, even on days when it feels as if I haven’t.

If this post makes you think “hey, I could do that!” please feel free to take my idea and run with it. If you got something out of reading this post, or you try my idea and like it, please feel free to let me know in the comments section.

-Kat

One of the things that has gotten me through the craziness of the last year is my planner. What started as jotting down a log of my daily activities slowly morphed into a paper crafts hobby and an ever growing collection of planner stickers.

I’ve been using a combination of bullet journaling techniques, scrapbooking, and diary entries to keep track of everything going on in my life. It’s been an incredibly helpful tool for me, not only for keeping up with appointments and to do lists, but for mindfulness as well.

I’ll be posting some of my journal pages here from time to time to share some of the things I’ve found particularly helpful or enjoyable.