Chaos, burnout, stress. When it comes to family life, it gets overwhelming fast. It seems like everyone needs to be somewhere different at the same time. And let’s be honest, it can get very chaotic. Here are our favorite, simple family home hacks that are such a game changer. If you can organize these categories with simple tips, you’ll see an almost instant change in how your own home functions.

1. HACKS TO ORGANIZE YOUR FAMILY HOME

This seems like a no-brainer. But it will change everything about your family life. If you are constantly looking for items that are in a different place each time you clean up, it leads to frustration & time gone. My biggest tip is give everything in your home – a home. Everything needs a specific place and everyone needs to learn where that home is. Soccer balls? They need a home. Give them a spot on the shelf, a bin in the garage, or a bucket in the basement – it doesn’t matter. But they need a home.

Second, the rule for organizing is buy it just to store it. Whenever you buy a new item, buy it just to put it in storage. Wait, what? Yes, think of where you are going to put that away in storage and it will make you reconsider if you really need or want it. Or it will make you think about what type of item you may need to accompany it to store it and give it a home. Are you purchasing a lego set? You may need to grab a more sturdy storage container. This also changes the way you think when you about to impulse buy.

2. ORGANIZE YOUR FOOD

With multiple kids running on 3 meals per day, not to mention the snacks. It can be a full-time job. Meal planning, groceries, food prep for storage, actual cooking. Make sure you plan time to create a system, and then time to plan for that system. Easy Meals: One of my biggest family home hacks and food tips while running a business and being primary caretaker is make meals that are quick and easy.

Here are my TOP 5 MEALS WE REPEAT.

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3. ORGANIZE YOUR FAMILY HOME with CLEANING

If you can create a routine – create it! Add it to wherever you keep your agenda. Get creative and add the things that you sometimes forget like cleaning your dishwasher or washing machine.

• Create a Bedtime Kitchen Routine
• Thursday Pre-weekend Prep
• Sunday Evening Home Reset
• Create Controlled Messes
• Cleaning Schedule
• 20 minute clean-up

4. ORGANIZE YOUR SCHEDULE

Don’t forget to block time to plan out the details that are already on your schedule:

• Date Nights and a day when you actually map them out {find the ideas, buy any items, etc}
• Holiday Planning: include days to go shopping (even online), holiday meal prep, wrap gifts, etc.
• Family Planning Meetings -what day works best for your family & include anything that needs to be addressed – never underestimate the power of a good brain dump
• Do you have church obligations/volunteering? Make sure you add them.

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5. FAMILY HACKS TO ORGANIZE YOUR BUDGET

I’d say a good amount of arguments start because of financial stress. If you can communicate and get a budget that works for your family – you’ll save a lot of heart ache and headache. Get creative. We have been on the tiniest budget and learned to work with what we had. Here are a few family home hacks we did {and still do} starting in those early days to save a little money: babysitting trades, haircuts, date nights Out of the box ways to save money

6. ORGANIZE YOUR LAUNDRY

Laundry is a big thing at our house. It is so easy to get behind and overwhelmed with clothes. Create a system that works good for your family. Is it one day for laundry? Is it a certain amount of loads per day? The biggest tip is pick a system and STICK WITH IT.

Generally, laundry isn’t going to disappear. It just isn’t. You’ll never be “caught up” because it’s something you have to continually do. Just like brushing your teeth. You can’t brush your teeth twice today to make it easier tomorrow, you’ll still have to brush them tomorrow. One family home hack I swear by every week is our clothing bin hack.
You can get inexpensive closet organizers.

• FAVORITE FOR YOUNGER KIDS – we like these because they’re a little more sturdy and can handle a bit more wear and tear.
• FAVORITE FOR OLDER KIDS – once they get a little older and they aren’t so rough, we think these are great and they’re inexpensive.
• FAVORITE FOR SMALL CLOSETS – If you have a smaller closet, this one is perfect to fit in smaller gaps.

7. ORGANIZE YOUR HEALTH

You can do a lot in this aspect. There are some things you can’t change. But you deserve to live the healthiest and happiest life that you are able to.

• Hair hacks
• Self care routines: journaling, podcasts
• Workout
• add vitamins

8. DIGITALLY ORGANIZED

This is something that takes up space in our minds. If you can get this organized, it will help cut down on a lot of stress.

• Emails
• Photos
• Text Messages

This family home hack list may be overwhelming, we touched on just about everything. You need to focus on one small change at a time and once you’ve mastered that, add in the next. It takes time, but it will allow you to have more time in the near future and you’ll be able to focus on more of the things that you love.

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Camille