Easy SAHM Night Routine with a Free Printable!
This easy SAHM night routine will help you keep up with the housework and stay on track for the next day! Download a free printable SAHM night routine planner.
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The Closing Shift
Before I was a mom, before I was a wife, before I was an adult living an adult life, responsible for feeding five mouths three square meals a day, every day, in perpetuity, I was a waitress. As a waitress, I always worked the “closing shift.” Each closing shift was exactly the same, night in and night out. Every night I would line the same glasses up in the same manner on the same shelf, vacuum the same floor I cleaned just the night before, wipe down the same tables I wiped a thousand times. Does any of this sound familiar to you as a SAHM?
When I began momming, and God convicted me heavily that I needed to stop being so darn lazy, I started to look at my life as a SAHM more like a job. As a new mom, this helped me to start cultivating systems in order to make things run more efficiently. Since I knew how the restaurant ran, I decided to figure out how I should run my house. Eventually I came up with my own SAHM night routine that I dubbed my “closing shift.”
Why Have a SAHM Night Routine?
Implementing a closing shift, or a SAHM night routine, will help you avoid burnout, take control of your household, keep you on track, and prevent stress. It should also help you to get some much needed and much deserved rest time before you actually turn in for the night!
If you need more help creating your own routine check out my extensive SAHM routine to avoid burnout! If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you need these ultimate slow living tips for stay at home moms.
How to Close Down Your House at Night
In order to create your own SAHM night routine you need to identify 1. the tasks that must be done daily and 2. the things you can do at night that will prepare your home for the next day. Your closing shift should not take longer than a half hour to 45 minutes.
Tasks that must be accomplished daily include:
- cleaning up after dinner
- wiping down the counters
- cleaning up clutter and toys
- doing a quick cordless vacuum
Tasks that will make your next day easier include:
- starting the dishwasher
- loading the washer with clothes so you can start a load the next morning
- prepping breakfast
- packing the diaper bag
- packing lunches
While this printable is designed to focus mostly on household chores, there is plenty of space for you to add your own needs! For example, if you have been struggling to make God a priority in your days, you should block some quiet time in at night. “Man does not live on bread alone, but man lives on every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.” You need to eat every day in order to stay alive. Taste and see that the Lord is good every day. Use this SAHM night routine checklist to get done whatever it is that you need to accomplish!
About the SAHM Night Routine Printable
Use this free SAHM night routine printable as a jumping off point for your own “closing shift.” I have designed it to include what are the most important and prevalent household tasks for a SAHM night routine, while leaving open space for you to add in your own tasks.
This is a simple one page planner that is meant to be used daily. (Or at least every few days if that’s all you can manage right now. Use it however suits you best! It is meant to be a helpful guide, not a stumbling block.)
This checklist focuses mostly on household chores. However, there is a limited area for goal setting and a a brief area for prayers and praise.
The goal is to make this closing shift a habit so that you accomplish what you need to as naturally and stress free as breathing.
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What do you include in your SAHM night routine?
