THE ART OF HOME MANAGEMENT

Home management is not merely limited to the cleaning and sweeping of house, cooking food or washing clothes. Home management is also an art. There is a lot of planning, budgeting, money spending. All this needs to be done with a smile. Is this possible?? Yeah, follow the easy home management tips.

Planning is a key requirement for home management.

•  In a dairy list down the tasks to be done for the day-internal as well as external like shopping for groceries, hair cut etc.  You will be able to decide the work at hand and the time to complete each of the tasks.
•  At the end of the day you can check plan vs completion.
• You can make a plan for weekly menu taking into consideration special days. This will help you decide the groceries required for the coming week . Keep a track of important occasions in the family, maintain a calendar on the kitchen wall, you are not sure not to miss it.
• You can allocate time to clean up the house, re- arranging your living room and work areas. Time for dusting and cleaning too.
• You can plan to wash clothes twice in a week, this will bring down the load and you will not be stressed also.
•  Health is Wealth. Allocate time for exercise. Plan your activities and maintain schedule. You can go to bed early and rise early too.
• Set aside one day in a month to complete all bill payments. You can do it from home too…on line payments.
• Plan to clean your entire house in schedules. Do not do all the cleaning in one go. Schedule rooms as per your convenience. Changing  of linen is time consuming, therefore plan one at a time.
• Keep removing clutter as you progress and this will ensure more space around you. You will have a spic and span house around you.
• Plan budget for the entire month. Take into consideration the important and special occasions in the month – children’s birthday, anniversary, grand parents special days.
• Plan for children’s education expenses, essential domestic bills. Ensure you do not miss out and you will not have surprises.

Budget Planning:

• Plan budget for the entire month. Take into consideration the important and special occasions in the month – children’s birthday, anniversary, grand parents special days.
• Plan for children’s education expenses, essential domestic bills. Ensure you do not miss out and you will not have surprises. 

Allocating work- easy management tips:

• You can enjoy the work at home by taking interest in the work you do. The work will interest you and you will not feel a burden or the activity boring. Allot the duty and responsibilities to every family member at home. You be a role model and train them to help you.
•  You can plan for multi tasking like watching TV and cutting vegetables, mixing dough, folding washed clothes etc.
•  Seek the help of family members to do small jobs. Train children to clean their room for eg: clearing the beds , folding blankets, bed sheets when they wake up. They can help you by washing their undergarments, kerchief and socks
• Inform your husband to place things in an organized manner. Help him initially to follow a pattern. Ask everybody in your family to wash the cups and glasses to avoid the overload on a single soul after drinking tea or water.
• Plan to wash the utensils in between schedules to avoid overload. It can be done simultaneously while cooking.
• Take helps in soft works from children and husband also. Put back everything on their designated places after their use.
• In case all in the family leave home early in the morning, it is advisable to keep things ready for next days work. This will avoid unnecessary delays.
• Prepare a chart with time schedule and learn the art of management.