In having a school-aged child, life naturally gives you three solid opportunities to reset your family calendar each year: January (who doesn’t like an annual reset?), May (school ends, childcare shifts, etc), and September (fall back to school energy). With “school” starting right after Labor Day, we are taking a step back to reflect on our personal and family commitments.
temporary school work stations
As I’ve mentioned before, my goal in life is for things to be simple and easy. With school starting soon (or perhaps it already kicked off), I recommend taking 30 to 45 minutes to set up a temporary school work station for your kid(s). Designing a system for all things related to school will:
provide clear boundaries for the start and end of the school day
provide a clear location where all things related to school “live”
Earlier this summer, I offered a free virtual organizing workshop to support you in setting up a temporary workstation for your kid(s). This workshop will help you whether you have a dedicated space for school, such as a desk in your kid’s room, or a temporary space, such as your kitchen counter, where you want your kid(s) to pack up their school stuff everyday.
systems to make the return to school easier
I really like simple. I also like easy. Simple makes life easy. To make life easy, I thrive on simple home systems that improve the flow of our routines.
Our son’s school starts just after Labor Day. While school is going to be virtual this fall, we are planning to provide similar routines to what we were doing last school year. The start of fall semester is a great opportunity to reset and refine your home systems and routines. If something wasn’t working great for you last year, change it now!