{"id":5605,"date":"2023-06-21T01:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T05:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitsandhome.com\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2023-06-21T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T05:35:37","slug":"5-simple-steps-for-stress-free-family-dinner-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitsandhome.com\/5-simple-steps-for-stress-free-family-dinner-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Simple Steps for Stress-Free Family Dinner Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you want to sit down with your family around the dinner table on a regular basis but it’s just not happening? It’s time to create a system for that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see every repeated task or system in my house in cycles. All tasks seem to have a starting, middle, and ending point. But the cycle or the steps required for each task isn’t always clear and obvious which can result in your skipping steps, cutting corners, or not finishing the tasks altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often times this is why clutter builds up in your house, cleaning goes undone, and projects get started but never finished. Typically when you work through tasks, you’re only relying on subconscious actions, actions that happen without much effort or thought, instead of consciously thinking through all the steps that are required to fully complete a task.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subconsciously completing tasks, which we can also define as habits, is the ultimate goal; however, if you want to make changes, you must tap into the conscious 10% of your mind in order to use logic and reason to problem-solve what’s not working in your home and create new routines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we will use conscious thinking to create a family dinner system. To do this well and experience success and consistency so that this routine becomes an established habit, we will work through the system as a cycle: starting, middle, and ending points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To identify the different cycle phases of the routine, think about the very first step that needs to occur to get dinner in front of your family at the dinner table. Your steps may look a little different than mine but it’s a great starting point for you to reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fom start to finish, our family dinner cycle follows these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Deciding<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Preparing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Cooking<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Eating<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Cleaning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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