How to set up the household in one evening
You don't have to plan the whole year. Four chores and one week is enough to see whether it works.
The most common mistake when a home tries to get more organised is starting too big. A list of everything that has to be done over a month is not a plan. It's a reminder of how much hasn't been done.
Start with four chores
Pick four things that recur and that someone actually has to do. The dishwasher. The trash. The bed. The school bag. Four is enough for the list to mean something, and few enough that it can be finished.
Add the people who live here
Adults get their own login with an email address. Children don't need one: they're created with a name and an optional four-digit PIN, and pick themselves on a shared screen. Anyone without their own phone doesn't need their own account either.
The point isn't to give children an app. The point is that the chore lives somewhere that isn't your head.
Leave it a week before you change anything
The first week is data, not a verdict. Some chores turn out to be two chores. Some turn out to be no one's. Expand only once the four are sticking.
Where the screen should live
An old tablet on the kitchen counter does more for follow-through than an app on a phone in a pocket. Everything except notifications and purchases works just as well in a browser.
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