Dinnersmith and getting more out of each day

DinnerSmith was founded on the premise that moms are overwhelmed and need a helping hand. There are only so many hours in every day and many of us feel we can even slow down to get organized. It is like a hamster wheel.

I would like to suggest using Dinnersmith to buy some time to get organized. If dinner is scheduled and prepped for the week, that will liberate a chunk of time that could be used for an organizng project.

My most critical task as the mom of a young child was scheduling. I tell moms I meet now : you live your life and theirs until they can mange on their own. Your child may actually be present for dance class but youare taking class too: by having everything ready and get there on time. Mom finds the shoes and paperwork and the outfit. If I knew what was scheduled , I could think about all the stuff needed.

At one point , we lived in a town where it seemed all the moms were very competent and organized, everything ran like clockwork. I studied them and surveyed them whenever I could. There were many things in common in these households. Time management was important. Everyone had the kitchen or frig calendar. People would talk about the frig calendar: it ran our worlds. Most folks swore by the big plain office desk calendar which is . A strip of magnets held it on or it would be hung on a bulletin board. So simple so nessecary. Even the kids knew to check their famly calendar before making a commitment. In a world of t-ball, piano, cub scouts, church school and public school, everything got written down.



The big public frig calendar is a great training tool for the whole family. Kids can learn to visualize the week. They expect to be busy or not. Fathers can see all the activity, they can be more grounded in the schedule even if they are away all day. Responsibility for the family schedule becomes public: it becomes harder for anyone to be surprised. It is a little harder on Mom because she seems less omnipotent. The rewards are a more balanced family life!

Buy a cheap large calendar. get a DinnerSmith meal and take some time to chart the future of your family.