As good as our intentions might be, it can be difficult to keep company and downtime separate. It's easy to allow responsibilities from your job to cut into work that needs doing at home, such as maintenance, repairs, shopping, upgrading, or cleaning. Jobs that make your home a happier, healthier, and safer place to live. So much so that sometimes the work for your paid job overtakes home life leaving everyone frustrated and wishing for other solutions.
This 100-page series of journals in the Work and Play category can help you sort out and separate the things that need to be done in both places. By jotting tasks in this book, you become committed and accountable. Seeing jobs and downtime scheduled and clearly written in black and white can keep you on track. That's not to say you will become a robot by following a set schedule each day (merging into weeks), but it will get you thinking. What have you been overdoing? What and who has been getting the short shrift? What are your priorities, what is absolutely necessary and what can be shuffled to better fit your lifestyle? By putting things in writing, you might find that some things you view as very important might prove to be flexible. A journal can make you think, and it will definitely open lines of communication in the household. Sharing the journal with other important members of the household, (including children if they are old enough to understand and contribute.)
We all want to live the best, most fulfilling life possible. Consider getting a journal for each member of the household. Have each person fill out a week's plans and choose a time to sit down together and compare them. Work and Play journals can become a tool toward a happier, better organized and more loving life. Isn't that a cheap and obvious approach to family harmony and peace?