Guides and free tools
Guides and free tools
Here are all the guides and free tools from SortYourMind: putting household chores in your calendar, a cleaning schedule for every room, the mental load, weekly planning, life admin in the UK and Ireland, and keeping in touch with the people around you. Every guide gives a direct answer, a table or steps, and something you can use straight away.
Free tools
Cleaning schedule makerMake your own cleaning schedule for free: tick your rooms, choose your rhythm and get a weekly and monthly plan to print or save as a PDF. Nothing is saved.Mental load testTake the free mental load test: 20 questions about who thinks of things and plans them, on your own or with your partner. With an overview and a sharing list.Weekly planner to printFree weekly planner to print or save as a PDF: seven days, priorities, routines, waiting for reply and people. Blank or with an example, A4 or A5.Who haven't I seen in a while?Put family and friends in a list, choose a rhythm for each person and see who is due. Free, nothing is sent, and you can keep it in your own browser.
Chores in your calendar
Household chores in your calendarPlan chores and life admin as blocks in your calendar, around your appointments. Why it works better than a list, and how to start in Outlook or Google.Time blocking at homeTime blocking for home life: regular blocks for cleaning, paperwork and jobs around your work and family. With rules, a sample day and the usual pitfalls.Plan your household chores in OutlookHow to plan chores and life admin in your Outlook calendar: recurring blocks, busy or free, reminders and categories. Plus how it can happen automatically.Plan your household chores in Google CalendarPlan chores and life admin in Google Calendar with recurring blocks, colours and notifications. And how to connect your calendar safely with the iCal address.
Cleaning schedule
A cleaning schedule you can keep upA cleaning schedule you can keep up: what to do daily, weekly and monthly in every room. With tables, ideas for couples and families, and a free maker.Kitchen cleaning scheduleWhat to clean in the kitchen every day, every week and every month, in which order and how long it takes. With a table, a checklist and tips.Bathroom and toilet cleaning scheduleCleaning the bathroom and toilet on a steady rhythm: sink, shower, toilet, drains and grout. With a table, the right order and tips against limescale.Bedroom cleaning scheduleHow often to change the bedding, vacuum the bedroom and sort the wardrobe. A bedroom cleaning schedule with a table, an order of work and tips for calm.Living room cleaning scheduleThe living room on a steady rhythm: a short daily tidy, weekly vacuuming and dusting, monthly windows and sofa. With a table and simple steps.Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly cleaningThe complete cleaning schedule by rhythm: what to do daily, weekly, monthly, every quarter and every year, plus a month-by-month yearly calendar.Cleaning rota for couplesSharing the housework with your partner: three ways that work, a sample cleaning rota for two, and how to share the thinking as well as the doing.Cleaning schedule for familiesA cleaning schedule for the whole family: what parents do, which chores children can do at each age, and a sample week you can print and put on the fridge.Cleaning schedule when you work full timeA cleaning schedule for when you work full time: fifteen minutes on weekdays and one block at the weekend. With a sample week, a smart order and calendar tips.
Mental load
The mental load: the work nobody seesThe mental load is the invisible thinking behind a household: remembering, thinking ahead, planning. What it is, how to spot it and how to share it.The mental load checklistA long list of the invisible jobs in a household: home, food, children, money, family and planning. To tick off, print and share out fairly.Sharing the mental loadSharing the mental load fairly with your partner: a conversation in five steps, whole tasks with one owner, a regular check-in and phrases that help.
Weekly planning
How to plan your week in fifteen minutesPlan your week at home in fifteen minutes: appointments, routines, three priorities and free time. With a step-by-step plan, a sample week and a printable.Recurring tasks at homePlanning 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.
Life admin
Life admin: a simple system that worksGet 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.Life admin calendar for the UK and IrelandWhat happens when in the year: Self Assessment, the energy price cap, P60, MOT, Form 11, NCT, Local Property Tax and TV licences. Month by month, with sources.
Keeping in touch
Calm planning with ADHD
Practical planning help, not medical advice.
A cleaning schedule with ADHDA cleaning schedule that works when your mind wanders easily: short blocks, visible tasks, fixed anchors and a plan for the days when it just does not happen.A planner for ADHD: what to look forWhat a planner needs if you want to organise your days with ADHD: few decisions, everything in one place, moving with your day and capturing things fast.Time blocking with ADHDTime blocking adapted for when your mind wanders or you lose track of time: short blocks, buffers, a starting ritual and a plan B when a block goes wrong.
Compare
Household apps comparedSweepy, Tody, Cozi, TOM and Todoist next to SortYourMind: platforms, calendar, price, using it together and ads. Factual, dated and with sources.A Sweepy alternativeSweepy or SortYourMind? What Sweepy does well, what is different (calendar, platforms, price) and when to choose which. A factual comparison with sources.A Tody alternativeTody or SortYourMind? What Tody does well, what is different (calendar, platforms, price) and when to choose which. A factual comparison with sources.An alternative to the Organised Mum appTOM, the Organised Mum app, or SortYourMind? What TOM does well, how the two differ (routine, calendar, price) and when to choose which. With sources.A Cozi alternativeCozi or SortYourMind? What Cozi does well, what is different (calendar, ads, price, sharing) and when to choose which. A factual comparison with sources.Todoist for household choresUsing Todoist for household chores: what works well (recurring tasks, sharing), what does not, and how SortYourMind does it differently. With sources.
How SortYourMind does it
Everything in these guides, planned automatically
SortYourMind is a calm planner that schedules your chores, paperwork and plans with people around your calendar automatically. Tell SyMon, and the app finds it a place.
- Themes as the rooms of your home, with routines on their rhythm
- SyMslots in your free time, around Outlook or Google Calendar
- Waiting for reply, a weekly report and seeing who you have not spoken to in a while
No card needed. Basic stays free. Works in the browser on any device.