12 WAYS TO AUTOMATE

YOUR TO-DO LIST

That Won’t Cost A Dime

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STREAMLINE BILLS by setting up autopay
whenever possible. Reduce paper clutter by
opting into paperless billing.
SYNC YOUR CALENDAR with thr rest of the
family using a free digital calendar such as
Google Calendar. Create calendars for each
family member to easily see schedules at a

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CUT DOWN ON EMAIL by unsubscribing to
emails that just end up cluttering your inbox.
Unroll.me is a free tool that helps you bulk-
unsubscribe to marketing emails and also
glance. Add appointments to your spouse’s
calendar or reminders to pick up the kids when
you’re working late.

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“bundles” all of the newsletters you still get into NEVER LEAVE A ROOM EMPTY-HANDED and
one daily email. your house will require less time to clean and
tidy. Always grab something on your way out of

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ORDER GROCERIES ONLINE if you have the a room and return it to its proper place as you go
option. Check into your local store’s curbside about your day.
pickup or delivery services. This will save you

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a trip to the store, enable you to check that
everything on your shopping list makes it in your
cart and will cut down on impulse purchases.
USE MOBILE BANKING to avoid wasted time in
line at the bank. Download your bank’s mobile
app to deposit checks from your phone, access
account balances and transfer funds.

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BACK UP PHOTOS AUTOMATICALLY so you

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never have to waste time downloading them off
your phone (plus you won’t run the risk of losing
them if you have phone troubles!). A quick Google
search will show you ways to easily back up
photos to Dropbox, Google Photos, iCloud, etc.
REPEAT MEAL PLANS rather than inventing a
totally new meal plan every week. Create several
weeks of meal plans with your family’s favorites
and cycle through them.

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AVOID THE POST OFFICE by printing postage

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SET UP A FREE IFTTT ACCOUNT and set up a
couple “recipes” to automate tasks. IFTTT is short
for "if this, then that". For example, have a task
automatically added to your to-do list whenever
you star an email. Or save any photo you’re
at home from usps.com when you have
packages to mail. Schedule a free pickup on the
website and they will pick up from your mailbox
or front porch.

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tagged in on Facebook to a Dropbox folder.
There are thousands of recipes to help you
simplify those little tasks you do over and over
again!
DOUBLE RECIPES and you have a second
meal prepared in the same amount of time
that it takes to make one. Freeze the extra meal
for a future dinner when you’re short on time

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or portion it into food storage containers for
UNCLUTTER YOUR INBOX by using the lunches to take to work for the week.
Boomerang add-on for Gmail. Tell it to hide an
email from your inbox until a future date. Or tell
it to remind you to follow up on a sent email if
you don’t receive a response by a certain date.
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