I fail at mornings. When I know I will have something To Do in the morning (beyond the usual 'get up, stagger downstairs, keep the children from killing each other'), I pre-load everything the night before. I gather all items I will need for the doing in a location, I pick out clothing that is appropriate for the To Do, everything, because I'm operating in the knowledge that I will not be even remotely competent to brain in order to do that later.
Computer-related lifehacks: * the household uses a web-based program (which also has an iOS app at least) called Astrid, which gives us a centralised grocery list, chore list, "I've lost my widget, if you see it please let me know" list, and so on. it has things like 'minor house repairs we need to perform or arrange for' in one list, I made a list of things to do for getting my studio set up, I have an assortment of religion-related tasks as a list for myself, etc. Recently we did a "I'm putting this crate of stuff away here" thing, and I went to Astrid and made a list for it so when we, in six months, are all "Where the fuck are the kids' winter coats?" we have a place to look.
* People say Google calendar is needful for polyamory, which I don't get at all, but it's sure needful for managing the kids. I have a bunch of calendars on my system, separate things which I can turn off and on as need be: a Jewish religious calendar, my Egyptian religious calendar, our "whose night is it to make dinner, whose night it is to change babies" calendar, C's class schedule calendar, a calendar E made which is basically 'I found all these things that are interesting to do, so if we need an Activity here is what's out there', and some personal notes.
I kinda want to babble about THE BOARD but that's a different flavor of easier I think....
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Computer-related lifehacks:
* the household uses a web-based program (which also has an iOS app at least) called Astrid, which gives us a centralised grocery list, chore list, "I've lost my widget, if you see it please let me know" list, and so on. it has things like 'minor house repairs we need to perform or arrange for' in one list, I made a list of things to do for getting my studio set up, I have an assortment of religion-related tasks as a list for myself, etc. Recently we did a "I'm putting this crate of stuff away here" thing, and I went to Astrid and made a list for it so when we, in six months, are all "Where the fuck are the kids' winter coats?" we have a place to look.
* People say Google calendar is needful for polyamory, which I don't get at all, but it's sure needful for managing the kids. I have a bunch of calendars on my system, separate things which I can turn off and on as need be: a Jewish religious calendar, my Egyptian religious calendar, our "whose night is it to make dinner, whose night it is to change babies" calendar, C's class schedule calendar, a calendar E made which is basically 'I found all these things that are interesting to do, so if we need an Activity here is what's out there', and some personal notes.
I kinda want to babble about THE BOARD but that's a different flavor of easier I think....