Planning recurring tasks at home: which rhythm suits which chore, a fixed rhythm or one counted from last time, and how to spread them over your week.

Get your life admin in order: one place for everything that comes in, a weekly paperwork block, simple filing and a yearly calendar for the UK and Ireland.

Get your life admin in order: one place for everything that comes in, a weekly paperwork block, simple filing and a yearly calendar for the UK and Ireland.

### Given the state of this week’s weather, veering from sunshine to torrential rain, and the accompanying drop in temperatures, I had to take action. This morning, I packed up all my summer clothing and put it in vacuum bags for the foreseeable future. I then unpacked all my winter clothes from vacuum bag storage and marvelled at two things: * How can one adult male own so many identical sweaters?! * Where did all these jackets come from?! Now that I’ve had a good review of my winter clothes, I can say with certainty that I don’t need any new clothes. At all. I’ve just refreshed my selection of work shirts (some were in a _very_ bad state) and got some new non-jeans trousers for work events and dining out. No new sweaters, jackets, shoes or underwear required. No matter the online bargains that get shoved into my in-box. No matter the incredible sales I read about via newsletters. No matter the bargains I see while in Tokyo this Christmas. My wardrobe already looks like I live in Uniqlo… _Please_ remind me of this. I also had the lovely experience of rediscovering some items of clothing that I’d completely forgotten about. Plus, they all still fit me! Sadly, I don’t have a walk-in wardrobe like on Sex in the City. I have a pokey, small London apartment wardrobe, but somehow I managed to make it all fit. It’s no Carrie Bradshaw, but who would want to live like her anyway. And that’s a whole other blog post…