Healthy Meal Planning: Week #8 Organized Home Challenge

This week we're beginning the habit of meal planning, following these simple steps for how to do it. This week we're beginning the habit of meal planning, following these simple steps for how to do it. [View this email in your browser]( [Home Storage Solutions 101: A Place For Everything That Matters]( Week #8 Organized Home Challenge: Healthy Meal Planning Dear {NAME}, Your challenge this week, in Week #8 of the 52 Week Organized Home Challenge, is to get in the habit of [healthy meal planning, and creating a grocery shopping list]( so you don't forget anything at the store each time you go. Once you start this habit, and are doing it continuously, you're going to see the incredible daily rewards you get from meal planning, which include less stress and feeling caught by surprise, the ability to focus more on the health of your meals, and your family's preferences, as well as saving so much time and money. In the past, if you've ever tried meal planning and found it hard to start, or continue, that's not totally surprising because meal planning actually involves several different habits, and requires some foundational organization in several areas before it starts to feel like smooth sailing. That's why I waited until our last week in the kitchen to do this challenge, since many of the other challenges paved the way for this one. That is because it is easier to engage in healthy meal planning when you've: - [Organized your recipes]( - [Organized your coupons]( - [Know what's in your pantry]( (such as with a pantry inventory); - [Know what's in your refrigerator and freezer]( (such as with a freezer inventory); and - [Created and maintain a family calendar]( Don't get discouraged though if you haven't done any or all of the above mentioned challenges. You can still do meal planning. You'll just find it even easier once you tackle these other areas too, since being organized in them makes it easier to habitually engage in deciding your meals for the week. In this week's challenge I discuss the various ways you can meal plan, and the steps you should take to begin or continue meal planning, plus I explain why I think meal planning is a key to an organized home and life! [Click Here For The Healthy Meal Planning Challenge]( [Healthy meal planning challenge]( [Pin The Challenge For Later]( Listen To Taylor's Video Tips For This Week's Organized Home Challenge & Declutter 365 Missions Do you want more in-depth tips and instructions for how to do this week's missions and challenge all about meal planning? If so, I've got recorded video tips from me, Taylor, from the video archives in the [Declutter 365 Premium group]( all about this week's challenge and missions. These video tips are available on demand in the archives, once you're a member of the group. In Week #8's video I discussed the following topics, among others: - How the mindset of "out of sight, out of mind" causes clutter and stress, and suggested fixes - Making a lunch packing station - Meal planning tips - Grocery shopping list tips - Declutter 365 missions for week [Meal planning habit: Declutter 365 premium video archive available on demand]( I suggest watching the video archive for the week, perhaps while you're doing some decluttering or cleaning around your home, before starting the week's missions and Challenge, and then you'll be able to breeze through that week's worth of decluttering missions, as well as organize what's necessary for the 52 Week Organized Home Challenge, based on the advice and instructions within those videos. It really is like having me, Taylor, available, 24-7, as your decluttering and organizing coach, for every area of your home! Plus, once you're a member of [Declutter 365 Premium for 2024]( you get access to not only this video, but all the videos for the 52 weeks of the year, for 6 years (that's over 270 videos available in the archives!), plus the monthly live group coaching sessions all about the habits and routines needed to maintain your home from now on. [Declutter 365 Premium]( How To Declutter Plastic Cutlery & Take Out Supplies For this Declutter 365 mission I want you to declutter plastic cutlery and other take out supplies, which could include disposable dishes, food containers, condiment packets, and more. Often we have a stash of these items, perhaps forgotten or neglected, and it is time to clear them out and get down to a more reasonable amount. In this article I've given more details about this mission, plus tips for how to keep from accumulating too much of an excess again in the future after doing this mission today. Plus there's some pictures from readers of what they've decluttered after doing this mission. [Click Here For How To Declutter Plastic Cutlery & Take Out Supplies]( [Declutter plastic silverware and other takeout supplies]( [Pin This Article For Later]( Get These Declutter 365 Products To Help You Declutter & Organize In 2024! [2024 Declutter 365 Products]( Here are the 2024 Declutter 365 products, or classic undated products available, that can help you declutter and organize your home this year: - [Printed 2024 Declutter 365 Calendar Pack]( - Get a full color printed copy (27 pages) of this coming year's Declutter 365 calendar and introductory packet (mailed only to United States addresses) - [Daily text messages]( reminding you of the day's mission, and tracking with the 2024 Declutter 365 calendar (only available for U.S. based numbers) - [Declutter 365 Premium group]( where you can access monthly group coaching sessions from me (Taylor) about the habits and routines to maintain your home, plus an archive of over 260 videos from me with decluttering and organizing tips and tricks for all areas of your home that are available 24-7 once you join; - [Bundle of Daily Texts + Premium Group]( for those who want both the premium group and daily text messages, combined, for a savings of $10 compared to purchasing them separately - [Planner Stickers]( (the 2024 version, or undated version available) - these are a digital product, you can print yourself, to add a planner sticker with a Declutter 365 mission, as a to do list task in your planner or calendar - [Pack of 33 printable decluttering checklists for your entire home]( so you can go at your own pace, or choose your own order for tackling the clutter throughout your home. [Click here for Declutter 365 store]( Declutter 365 Missions For This Week [February 2023 Declutter Calendar]( Use the [February Declutter 365 calendar]( to help you get this week's Challenge accomplished, and to [declutter your home in 15 minutes a day](. This week's 15 minute daily missions include: - Monday - [Read Organized Home Challenge #8: Meal Planning]( and [begin meal planning]( ([use either this meal planner template]( or [this one]( to help) - Tuesday - Fill out [menu planning ideas form]( for inspiration for meal planning - Wednesday - [Create lunch packing station]( and declutter lunch containers - Thursday - [Create a menu board]( so everyone knows what's for dinner or other meals - Friday - Create [running grocery list]( (or use a grocery list app) so you don't forget to buy supplies as needed (you can [use this printable form]( and create weekly [list of errands and shopping list]( - Saturday - [Get clutter out of house by donating, by taking to a donation drop off]( - Sunday - [Declutter vases]( Have a wonderful and productive week! 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