1. Keep one main central calendar for the whole family, where everyone can see it and write on it. Each person can have their own personal calendar too, of course, but EVERYTHING should go on the central calendar as soon as someone knows about it.
2. Only time-dependent activities and tasks should go on your calendar. If it’s something that could be done on any day, put it on a to-do or action list, not on the calendar. Why not? Because a mixture of time-critical and non-time-critical tasks on a calendar day obscures the tasks which HAVE TO be done that day.
3. At the end of the week, look back on your calendar and what you did during the week, and consider any activities or tasks which may have arisen which haven’t yet been written down. Record them now!
4. Look ahead to the calendar entries for next week. What do you need to do beforehand to prepare? Those need to get written down too!

Recommended Resources

DIY Planner: printable planner and calendar pages in multiple sizes and layouts. PDF format files can be read by any computer.

Clutter-Free Forever e-book by Stephanie Roberts