How do you divide up your week/day time

[TNHermit]

I have 6 areas that I need to take care of regularly daily weekly
Shop" building producing
Garden: Planning/rebuilding/ seasonal work.
Office: Planning/finance etc
Cooking/Cleaning/Wash
Yard/ Lawn etc: I hate mowing LEaves and compost pile
Garage: Mechanical repairs etc Equipment upkeep, Restoring bikes and selling stuff off.
Other Chores. Getting, Cutting,stacking Wood,

I think these are normal for most homesteaders. SO how do you divide up your time to get it all done.

[emdeengee]

We are well into fall where I live. Snow will be here in just a couple of weeks. We are suburban homesteaders but more suburbans than homesteaders over the past two years due to health problems. All the food storage is done. We have been tidying the garden and doing the preparations to the house for cold weather. I love working outside.

I am up very early so spend a couple of hours working in my office (self employed) while everyone sleeps. Then it is normal house chores for a couple of hours. Then I usually play on the computer for a bit which is my relaxing time. I often interspace chores with a few minutes on the computor. Work outside for a couple of hours. The colder it gets the shorter the outside time. Go back to work in the office for a couple of hours or longer depending on what needs to be done for my clients. More housework as needed, cooking and then a little outside work and then relaxing with the family.

[Alice In TX/MO]

I like Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" to help organize and prioritize my life. I know (like your list) what the areas are that need work, and every evening I make a list of priority items for the next day.

There is also a BIG "to do" list that I keep just so I don't have to keep thinking about all those individual items. It is a relief to know it's all written down, and I don't have to *remember* it.

[Callieslamb]

We just do the most important thing for the day. In summer, there's obviously more outdoor items on the list. Winter is a good time for home repairs, remodels, shelf building, etc. Sometimes we're behind the ball and sometimes we're ahead. It changes every season. I don't think there's anyway I can get it all done all the time. I just do the best I can. I try to accomplish one thing that I just do NOT want to do- every day and one R&R thing.

[TNHermit]

I have the old Franklin planner on my puter. But i do[t discipline my self to use it. Seems like a waste to spend time in the office some days as there inst that much work out there. Even thought there is plenty to do in the office. for some reason.

I should also ask if you feel well accomplished after you have finished the day. I sometimes feel like I should have done something else that was more productive. Not that it would be necessarily

[Danaus29]

Get it all done?
I do what is most pressing and I have the time and stamina for. Days when I work a regular job, it's top priority (chore wise).

[jwal10]

Some things have to be done, daily, weekly, monthly yearly, they get done on time. I have to make yogurt, sprout wheat, take a walk and feed the chickens every day. Other things come after and as needed. Spring, summer and fall I have a garden to tend....James

[Shrek]

I do what I can now and catch up on what's left later.

[HeelSpur]

Most of the time things get done when I get the notion to do them.
Some jobs are just part of a daily rutine, they get done w/o thinking about it.

[Whisperwindkat]

I get up early and am outside at daylight doing the morning chores. I have a routine that helps keep things running smoothly so that things don't get to be big projects and are instead taken in little bites. My morning chores include milking, cleaning barns, feeding and working in the garden. Then I get my children started on their schoolwork, while I start working on dinner. After dinner my oldest and I sit down and work on the things that we need to work on together while the little one takes a nap. I typically fold laundry while she and I are talking and discussing things. After this I typically tidy the house and work on any major project that needs to be done until it is time to feed again. After evening feed, we eat supper which is typically light and easy, then I take care of paperwork that needs to be done. Then I spend some time playing games with the children until they go to bed. After they go to bed, I do another tidy of the house and kitchen, mop the floors, try to finish up any loose ends and then head to bed myself. One thing I have learned is that there is always more to do around here. Right now I am canning like crazy so things don't get done in the routine. But basically I try to take little bites out of the work that needs to be done and work on major things each and every day so that they get finished in a reasonable amount of time without disrupting everything else. Blessings, Kat

[geo in mi]

Back when I worked for a large industrial corporation(which went bankrupt, you know), they got on the Franklin Planner kick. As I remember, it was a big,thick, heavy book..... The most valuable thing to it was that the things you didn't get done could be carried forward to the next day.......

That's how I do it.

geo

[KMA1]

I divide the weeks inot days and the days into hours and minutes! Seconds are not really long enough to be a benefit!

[TNHermit]

Does anyone think or treat their week days like they have and 8 hour job.Using that as the main part of the day and scheduling around it. NO matter how many hours you work Even if you don't have one.

[jwal10]

Not any more, I'm retired, lol. It takes me longer than 8 hours to get everything done anymore. I will see this winter, I need to cut back some of the projects but I do want to start on another cabin for my son. I have most of the lumber cleaned up or milled, I have done 6 so far and have it all worked out to get built in about 400-450 man hours....James

[Danaus29]

Originally Posted by TNHermit

Does anyone think or treat their week days like they have and 8 hour job.Using that as the main part of the day and scheduling around it. NO matter how many hours you work Even if you don't have one.

Never worked for me. My job had always been from the time I get up until I lay down to go to sleep. About the time I'm sleeping good an emergency maintenance call would come in. Cranky babies are so wonderful! (sarcasm) I'm glad mine have grown out of the emergency maintenance phase.

[TheMartianChick]

Originally Posted by TNHermit

Does anyone think or treat their week days like they have and 8 hour job.Using that as the main part of the day and scheduling around it. NO matter how many hours you work Even if you don't have one.

That is exactly what I do. I have to spend a certain number of hours on my writing endeavors. The discipline of treating it like a job makes me more productive. At this time of year, the gardens don't require much time. I tend to wander through after the animal chores are finished and harvest whatever is ripe. I process it throughout the day as I take breaks from my work. I still have meetings and appointments to work around, too.

[Sawmill Jim]

Got mine worked out good Get up have Coffey half pack cigs. check computer eat breakfast and think about things . Finish pot of coffey and cigs . Check computer before dinner eat , take a nap .Feed critters and have supper .
On busy days i haul a load of lumber The roof don't leak i got shoes on my feet and food on the table . Life is good

[TNHermit]

Originally Posted by Sawmill Jim

Got mine worked out good Get up have Coffey half pack cigs. check computer eat breakfast and think about things . Finish pot of coffey and cigs . Check computer before dinner eat , take a nap .Feed critters and have supper .
On busy days i haul a load of lumber The roof don't leak i got shoes on my feet and food on the table . Life is good

Anybody that can afford that many cigs is charging to much to saw

[Sawmill Jim]

Originally Posted by TNHermit

Anybody that can afford that many cigs is charging to much to saw

I get the cheep cigar type $10.60 a carton I'd make you a bargain on a handset diesel powered mill Almost trade it for a case of itch even if i have to scratch it out .

[lonelyfarmgirl]

lets see, sleep, coffee, poop, chores, dogs poop, coffee, eat, dogs poop, chores, eat, dogs poop, clean up other poop, chores, poop, eat, can stuff, sometimes clean, dogs poop, sleep.

Seems there is a lot of poop in my life...