Pro tip: answering ‘what’s for dinner’ got easier after 6 failed attempts
For months, my family would ask me what we were eating and I’d freeze up. I tried meal planning on Sunday, but by Wednesday I’d forget to thaw the chicken. Then I tried a whiteboard on the fridge, that lasted two days. Finally, after about 6 tries over 3 months, I realized the problem wasn’t the method, it was that I was planning for the week instead of just three days ahead. Now I sit down every Tuesday and Thursday morning for 10 minutes and pick meals for the next 2 or 3 nights based on what’s already in the pantry. I wrote down the actual time it saved me last week: 40 minutes of daily decision stress gone. Has anyone else found that shorter planning windows just work better for their household?