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The January To Do List

  • 5 MINUTES
  • Unsubscribe from one email list that drives you nuts
  • Jot down a fix-it list
  • Post on Facebook for a handyman/dog walker/Saturday-night sitter
  • Book a date with that friend you never see enough of
  • Change or clean at least one household filter (central air/Brita/stove vent)
  • Order new socks for everyone!
  • Clean under the oven or behind the refrigerator
  • Order batteries online
  • Set up mail-order delivery for regular prescriptions
  • Write that thank-you note you’ve been meaning to get to
  • Book hair-color appointments for the year
  • Download a meditation app
  • UNDER AN HOUR
  • Make doctor and dentist appointments for the family for the whole year
  • Clean out the freezer
  • Set a timer and delete emails that you don’t need anymore
  • Dump out makeup bag: edit, clean, restock
  • Order one-size-fits-most birthday gifts for the kids’ friends (gift cards for teens); store them where you won’t forget them
  • Purge 10 things from your worst closet
  • Organize filing cabinet; shred old documents (um…locate shredder)
  • Buy a year’s worth of birthday cards (and stamps!)
  • Untangle necklaces; hang on hooks
  • Identify three new meals that you’re excited to put in your regular cooking rotation
  • Pick one of those boxes of “stuff” in the closet/basement/attic; sort it
  • Clean out the car
  • A WEEKEND
  • Take care of all the holiday returns
  • Paint that room (you know the one)
  • Create some space in the garage
  • Start prepping for tax time
  • Reoutfit a closet with shelves and bins so that it actually works
  • Do three things just for you—including using that meditation app