And so it begins!
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to our old-timers and a warm welcome to those who are joining us for the first time. This plan is from Cynthia Ewer’s website, Organizedhome.com. The reasoning behind this plan and links to printable pages can be found here.
Each week I'll post the plan here and then we can share what we'd like to do that week from the plan. Feel free to stop by during the week and post updates. Sometimes we'll be going strong and then life will throw us a curve ball and we can't get to the work we wanted to do that week. It's okay. Little by little, day by day, we'll get there. Let's encourage one another as we prepare for the holidays ahead.
Week 1 - Planning and Paperwork
Week 2 - Calendar and Creativity
Week 3 - Me & Mine
Week 4 - Close to Home
Week 5 - House Room
Week 6 - Wardrobe
Week 7 - Bed & Bath
Week 8 - Family Space
Week 9 - Public Space
Week 10 - Cooking Space
Week 11 - Food Storage
Week 12 - Dining Space
Week 13 - Entryway
Week 14 - Storage
Week 15 - Final Clean
Week 16 - Nearly There
Week 17 - Celebration
Week 18 - New Year’s
HHP Week 1: Planning Week
This Week's Focus: Planning and Paperwork
To make a good beginning takes planning. Where do you go to dream, to budget, to plan? This week in the House & Holidays Plan, we turn to our home's planning center. How is it working for you?
This week, we'll clean, organize and declutter the home office or planning area, and begin the basics of holiday planning: our values, our budget and our gift list.
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to our old-timers and a warm welcome to those who are joining us for the first time. This plan is from Cynthia Ewer’s website, Organizedhome.com. The reasoning behind this plan and links to printable pages can be found here.
Each week I'll post the plan here and then we can share what we'd like to do that week from the plan. Feel free to stop by during the week and post updates. Sometimes we'll be going strong and then life will throw us a curve ball and we can't get to the work we wanted to do that week. It's okay. Little by little, day by day, we'll get there. Let's encourage one another as we prepare for the holidays ahead.
Week 1 - Planning and Paperwork
Week 2 - Calendar and Creativity
Week 3 - Me & Mine
Week 4 - Close to Home
Week 5 - House Room
Week 6 - Wardrobe
Week 7 - Bed & Bath
Week 8 - Family Space
Week 9 - Public Space
Week 10 - Cooking Space
Week 11 - Food Storage
Week 12 - Dining Space
Week 13 - Entryway
Week 14 - Storage
Week 15 - Final Clean
Week 16 - Nearly There
Week 17 - Celebration
Week 18 - New Year’s
HHP Week 1: Planning Week
This Week's Focus: Planning and Paperwork
To make a good beginning takes planning. Where do you go to dream, to budget, to plan? This week in the House & Holidays Plan, we turn to our home's planning center. How is it working for you?
This week, we'll clean, organize and declutter the home office or planning area, and begin the basics of holiday planning: our values, our budget and our gift list.
This Week's Household Checklist
- Declutter and clean the home office or paper handling area. Declutter home office or household paper-handling areas this week. Think STOP--Sort, Toss, Organized and Put away--as you clear clutter from your space. Once free from clutter, clean the workspace for a fresh start to the Plan.
- Set up a basic household filing system. A clean and clutter-free workspace is half the battle; next up in the war on paper clutter? An efficient household filing system. Get up to speed on the ABCs of household paper management in your organized home.
This Week's Holiday Prep Checklist
- Make the promise! Plan time this week to begin preparing for the holiday season. Even 15 minutes three times a week will make a good start on holiday prep.
- Set up a Christmas notebook. Whether it's a simple three-ring binder, a section in a paper planner, or on the computer, make a Christmas planner to hold holiday calendars, checklists and planner pages.
- Focus on family values. Using the Family Values Worksheet, identify and focus the values your celebration will serve.
- Create a Christmas activity center. Whether it's a simple basket or a dedicated space with a comfortable chair, set aside an area for holiday planning.
- Establish a holiday budget. Credit card debt is nobody's idea of a great Christmas gift! This year, set financial limits before you plan the celebration. Tool of choice: a holiday budget form. Keeping tabs on expenditures as you prepare prevents overspending on the holidays.
- Consider a Christmas savings plan. Start now to save money for Christmas. Whether you open a dedicated bank Christmas Club account, set aside cash each week or add to a gift card balance, begin to accumulate funds for holiday spending now. Your wallet will thank you, come January!
- Begin a Master Gift List. Make a master gift list now. In the weeks to come, you'll check it a lot more than twice to organize holiday gift-giving.
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