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Donating used items, keeping track of library books, getting kids to put their own clean clothes away, and staying on top of the monthly budget: These are a few of the home management / life / adulting systems that are working well in our homes right now. In this episode we talk about what’s working and why, how these systems necessarily change (and how nothing works well forever), and which areas of our home lives are due for a system overhaul. Join us!
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Links we mentioned (or should have) in Episode 220:
- Sarah uses pickupplease.org for donations
- Meagan mentioned our recent episodes on family finance: Family Finance & Personal Budgets: Episode 205 and Spending, Saving, and Living Your Values with Natalie Taylor: Voices 36
- Meagan talked about You Need A Budget (YNAB), a popular option but not ultimately the one that worked for her; she’s currently using EveryDollar
- In the laundry discussion we mentioned this episode: Loads & Loads (& Loads) Of Laundry: Episode 167
- Meagan still uses Shipt for grocery delivery and loves it
- Sarah’s whiteboard command central is made up of the following Ubrand products from Target (affiliate links):
Instead of ironing, throw your wrinkled shirt in the dryer with a couple of ice cubes. Works like a charm.