5 Ways to Kickstart Planning the New Year With Cozi

The new year is just around the corner. Are you ready to start fresh with a new approach to family organization, or get back on track with an efficient routine?

The start of a new year is the perfect time to reset how your family plans, communicates, and stays on the same page. Cozi brings everything together in one place. Shared calendars, to-do lists, meal planning, and shopping lists, so nothing slips through the cracks. 

Instead of juggling texts, notes, and reminders, your family can build routines that actually stick so the family can function smoothly. You’ll  start the year feeling more organized and less stressed.

To make these solutions work, you’ll want to add your family members to Cozi first! Then they can receive alerts about new events and upcoming events, collaborate on lists, and more.

Here are 5 ways our shared family calendar app can help you plan the new year:

1. Time Management For Parents 

Time management is essential for planning the new year with the family. If your family tends to run late, Cozi can keep everyone on time. When everyone has plenty of heads up about an event, and they receive a reminder when their event is coming up, it’s easier to get ready and get there in plenty of time. If you have Cozi Gold, you can set up to three reminders per event (maybe 2 hours before, 30 minutes before, and 5 minutes before).

2. Family Communication

If your family feels frustrated about miscommunications around the schedule, Cozi will keep everyone on the same page. Using a centralized family calendar is a game-changer. No more, “But I told you about the party last week!” Whenever someone has a new event, they can just pop it in Cozi and select who should be notified. (Reminder: That only works if everyone is added to Cozi.)  

When you create an event, Cozi can remind your family so you don’t have to. You can even set up agenda emails that tell everyone what’s coming up that week. Just a quick glance at a single email, and everyone will be in the know. 

No surprises and no confusion. No more dropping the ball or feeling like someone let you down. Just a family in sync, on time, and working together seamlessly.

3. Shopping List Organizer 

If you keep leaving your shopping list at home, Cozi can make this a thing of the past with our shopping lists feature.  No more turning the car around, missing other people’s additions, or aimlessly wandering the store hoping the granola will trigger your memory. Cozi’s list feature can keep you coordinated.

With a digital shopping list, you’ll never leave it at home, and you’ll always know what you’re looking for. 

Best of all, you and your family can collaborate from anywhere. If your daughter uses the last of the oatmeal, she can add it to the list before you get to the breakfast aisle. 

Create a new list with this basic grocery list template.

4. Meal Planning Calendar

If you’re tired of that moment of panic when you realize you forgot to plan dinner on a busy day, Cozi can simplify busy mealtimes. The app features quick and easy recipes—and you can add them directly to the meal planning calendar. Then you can see at a glance that Chicken Curry in a Hurry is slated for Wednesday night.

It’s meal planning with just a tap. You can even add the ingredients to your shopping list with another quick tap. 

Check out the Cozi meal planner & recipe box.

5. Stop Tracking Everything in Your Head With Shared Family Lists

If you’re exhausted by juggling 27 mental lists, try jotting them all down on Cozi. Organize your shopping list by sections of the grocery store (use all caps to make section headings). Organize all your to-do’s in one place with Cozi’s shared family calendar. Or set up your kid on Cozi so they can keep track of their own chores independently. 

Find out how to add a family member to the Cozi shared family organizer.

Start the new year with a fresh take on family organization, one that reduces your stress levels and helps your family bear their share of the work and effort. By helping you stay in sync, it brings you all closer together. 

It’s amazing what a mental relief it can be to just see your tasks written down in a tidy format. It eliminates one of the toughest tasks of all—remembering everything!