A Homemaking Journal

Making Yours - Step 1

A Homemaking Binder is....

The details of your home in a binder.

Your Calendars and Schedules

Your favorite meals and meal plans

How you clean your home and when.

What’s been done to your home and by whom.

and more

To Begin...

Start with a binder.

Unfortunately there are many choices.

Half size binders

Fabric Binders

Pre-designed Binders

But we’re going to stick with Clear View Binders

Personalize It

Why Clear View Binders ?

I think it makes your Homemaking Binder much more special if you personalize it and simple binder where you can slip in your own special paper choice make it possible.

If you are crafty you can also alter one of the other kinds of binders.

Next a Daily Schedule

We like to start slow when putting together our Homemaking Binders.

Begin by writing down your Daily Schedule.

A nice form or a pretty piece of paper is nice.

These are the steps you do as you go through a regular day.

Put them on a nice form to place in your Homemaking Binder.

Next a Weekly Schedule

Next we’ll be writing down your Weekly Schedule.

A Weekly Schedule is the theme of each day of your week.

A nice form or a pretty piece of paper here is nice too.

Following are some examples...

Weekly Theme Examples

Monday - Laundry Day

Tuesday - Home project day

Wednesday - Office Day

Thursday - Baking Day

Friday - Clean House Day

Saturday - Errand Day

Sunday - Day of Rest

Add A Calendar

Third you want to add a monthly calendar to your Homemaking Binder.

Here you can list appointments, holidays, occasions, and more.

Final Touches to Step 1 of Making Your Homemaking Journal

What we have just put together is the part 1 of you Homemaking Binder called Schedules.

It’s an important part as it allows you to find time in your day for the important.

It’s nice to put this section behind a divider so you can find it easily.

You can find Dividers, Binder Covers, and templates at www.WellKeptPlanners.com