Kleen Kanteens are something we all have in this family! We got them a few years ago for Christmas and I absolutely love them. Everyone has their own and they know to take them with us when we leave, bring them to the table for meals and to generally always know where they are. It drastically cuts down on having to clean cups (which is a big deal when you have seven people in the family and no dishwasher).
Today I decided to clean them since it has been a little while. I used a scrub brush to clean the inside all the way to the bottom, let them soak and scrubbed the top with a toothbrush. Then, I looked at them and thought I need to do that more often. It's one of the chores I forget to do. Cleaning them out would surely be better for our health than drinking clean water from our Berkey that has been sitting in a dirty Klean Kanteen!
Another chore I have to do that I always forget is keeping our back up power and plug in lanterns charged up. You see, our power goes out pretty regularly here. At least once a month or so we have the power go out for an extended time (around 8 hours). Our cell phones start to die and we are sitting in the dark without these items being charged. I have always said I needed to come up with a plan as to when to charge them each week, so that it is part of my routine.
Seeing these two items that really need to be done regularly and are routinely left out, I know I need to make a plan. I want to start small and pick a day every week to clean the Kanteens and get the external batteries charged as well as the lantern. I think Wellness Wednesday makes a great time to do this, and starting small means I'll probably accomplish it. As I find other things I need to do each week that I keep forgetting, I can add them to the established routine at that time.
How about you? Do you have chores that you forget to do like cleaning out the water bottles or charging batteries? How do you remind yourself to get them done regularly? Share your advice if you have some!
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