![]() ![]() Daily Plan with To-Do List, Time Blocking, and Meal Plan.Daily Plan with Priorities, Time Blocking, and Categories. ![]() Daily Plan with To-Do List and Schedule.Two-Page Weekly Plan with Time Blocking.Weekly Plan with Habit Tracker and Meal Planning.Undated Monthly Calendar in Portrait Orientation, Monday Start.Undated Monthly Calendar in Portrait Orientation, Sunday Start.Life Planning Binder with Free Printables.What should be in a Life Planning Binder?.Tools You'll Need to Assemble an Organized Life Planning Binder.Why Productivity Printables Are Helpful.I’ve definitely fallen down on my meal planning since the baby was born in January, and I’ve often found myself not making it to the grocery store until we are desperately in need of milk, eggs, and bread. No more staring blankly into the pantry at 5 pm! Of course, there are weeks that I may not get to my planning and shopping until Tuesday or Wednesday…and some weeks that I don’t get around to it at all…but it’s a really useful tool for me when I do use it, no matter what day of the week it is!Īs terrific as the menu board has been, I decided to take it a bit further and make a binder out of it. That way, I have 6 meals that I know I have the ingredients on-hand to prepare. Here’s how it works: I’ve got little tags printed with my dinner “repertoire” that I pick out and put on the magnet board as I make my grocery list each week. You see, I didn’t like the meal-assigned-to-each-day method of meal planning…what if I didn’t feel like making chicken on Tuesday? Or I had a horrible day and just want to pick up a pizza? Or we got an invite for dinner at my parent’s house? This method of meal planning is still organized, but a little less rigid. That’s how this menu planning board was born! For me, that’s something with a little bit of wiggle room for life to happen. I prefer something in between chaos and perfect order that’s a little closer to reality – methods of organization that make it easier to stay on top of the mess rather than fall behind it. And when I try to attain something like that, I feel really great for the day or two that it actually works…then feel like crap when I get behind on keeping it up and discouragement sets in. I admire them, but that’s just not realistic to me. Don’t get me wrong, I “ooh” and “aah” over flawless labels on beautiful containers…or command centers with a place for everything…or spotless pantries with cans stacked perfectly…or weekly cleaning schedules with chalkboard checklists. I will freely admit, I am someone that feels stifled by too much organization. ![]() Last year, amidst the organization rush of New Year’s Resolution and frustrated with that question, I created a Meal Planning Guide as part of our family’s Command Center, and it has truly been a life saver for me. It’s almost like I expect our meal ingredients to light up with a neon sign and sing a little song – “use meeee to make the perfect dinner tonight!” Alas, that has yet to happen. Do you hate that 5:00 question as much as I do? You know the one…”what’s for dinner?” That of course is followed by the obligatory “dinner dance” of opening the pantry, fridge, and freezer, and staring blankly.
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