Stepping up

I thought about the direction things are going. The most obvious one is divorce, of course. We're not tracking together and we're not coming up with solutions, so...

Then I remembered essentially what were promises I made to myself to take the lead. Now that I have so many systems and successful approaches, I should be able to follow that more productive framework and include her as appropriate.

I gave it more thought and developed a highlevel approach for us as a family

Family Activities Owner How Execute?

1. Homework
1. Alison
2. After school with girls
2. Food & Meals
1. Dad
2. Weekly: menu plan; food delivered; dinners pre-made as much as possible
3. Triaging Mail
1. Mom
2. Daily triage, as per usual
4. Cleaning up
1. Each of us
2. "• Pick up your stuff (laundry, food, projects)
3. • Sweep & Wipe: Tessa
4. • Sinks: Dad"
5. Laundry
1. Sophia
2. Dad washes, Fia folds & puts away
6. Kid Activities
1. Mom / Dad
2. Pick ups and drop offs
7. Quality Time Planning (us, kids, family, friends)
1. Mom / Dad
2. Weekly joint working session
8. Money Management (budgeting, spending, investing)
1. Mom / Dad
2. Weekly joint working session
9. Follow-thru / project management of above
1. Mom / Dad
2. Weekly joint working session