A. Household Snapshot This plan covers Dana and Sam as adults, Mia as a teen, and Leo as a child, sharing 630 minutes of weekly chores against 870 available minutes, so the household is at 72 percent of the time it has. Each person's target is proportional to the time they said they can give, so Leo's share stays small and Dana carries the most. Leo is limited to lighter jobs, Sam is away on Thursday and has no chores that day, and the fridge clean rotates monthly outside the weekly plan. B. Weekly Load Table | Chore | Minutes each | Times per week | Days | Weekly minutes | |---|---|---|---|---| | Cook dinner | 45 | 5 | Monday to Friday | 225 | | Wash dishes | 20 | 7 | Every day | 140 | | Tidy living room | 10 | 7 | Every day | 70 | | Do laundry | 40 | 2 | Wednesday and Saturday | 80 | | Vacuum floors | 30 | 1 | Saturday | 30 | | Clean bathroom | 30 | 1 | Saturday | 30 | | Take out trash | 10 | 2 | Wednesday and Saturday | 20 | | Feed the cat | 5 | 7 | Every day | 35 | | Total | | 32 | | 630 | C. Fair Share Table | Member | Available minutes | Share | Target minutes | Assigned minutes | Difference | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Dana | 360 | 41% | 261 | 260 | -1 | | Sam | 300 | 34% | 217 | 215 | -2 | | Mia | 150 | 17% | 109 | 110 | +1 | | Leo | 60 | 7% | 43 | 45 | +2 | | Total | 870 | | 630 | 630 | | The largest difference is Sam at -2 minutes, because jobs are whole chores and cannot be split to the minute. D. Weekly Chore Chart Monday - Dana: Cook dinner (45), Wash dishes (20) = 65 min - Sam: free - Mia: Tidy living room (10) = 10 min - Leo: Feed the cat (5) = 5 min Tuesday - Dana: free - Sam: Cook dinner (45), Tidy living room (10) = 55 min - Mia: Wash dishes (20), Feed the cat (5) = 25 min - Leo: free Wednesday - Dana: Cook dinner (45), Wash dishes (20) = 65 min - Sam: Do laundry (40), Take out trash (10) = 50 min - Mia: Tidy living room (10) = 10 min - Leo: Feed the cat (5) = 5 min Thursday - Dana: Cook dinner (45), Tidy living room (10), Feed the cat (5) = 60 min - Sam: away - Mia: Wash dishes (20) = 20 min - Leo: free Friday - Dana: free - Sam: Cook dinner (45), Wash dishes (20), Tidy living room (10), Feed the cat (5) = 80 min - Mia: free - Leo: free Saturday - Dana: Wash dishes (20), Do laundry (40), Take out trash (10) = 70 min - Sam: Clean bathroom (30) = 30 min - Mia: Vacuum floors (30), Feed the cat (5) = 35 min - Leo: Tidy living room (10) = 10 min Sunday - Dana: free - Sam: free - Mia: Tidy living room (10) = 10 min - Leo: Wash dishes (20), Feed the cat (5) = 25 min E. Monthly Rotation | Chore | Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | |---|---|---|---| | Clean fridge | Dana | Sam | Mia | F. Definition of Done - Cook dinner: Dinner is on the table, the stove is off, and pans are soaking or in the dishwasher. - Wash dishes: The sink is empty, the dishwasher is loaded and running, and the counter by the sink is wiped. - Tidy living room: Toys, cups, and blankets are put away and the sofa and floor are clear. - Do laundry: One load is washed, dried, folded, and put in each person's room. - Vacuum floors: Every rug and carpeted room is vacuumed, including under the dining table. - Clean bathroom: Toilet, sink, and shower are scrubbed, the mirror is clear, towels are swapped, and the bin is emptied. - Take out trash: Kitchen and bathroom bins are emptied, new bags are in, and bags are in the outside bin. - Feed the cat: The cat bowl has the measured food, the water bowl is fresh, and spilled food is wiped up. - Clean fridge: Old food is thrown out, shelves are wiped, and the fridge is restocked tidily. G. Swap, Skip and Away Rules 1. Swaps: any two people can trade a chore of similar minutes if both agree before dinner the day before; write the swap on the fridge chart. 2. Skips: each person gets one skip a week; the skipped chore goes to whoever has the lowest total that day, and they get first pick of next week's swap. 3. Away days: Sam's Thursday is already covered; if anyone else is away, move their chores for that day to the person with the largest gap in the Fair Share Table. 4. No money rewards: Leo and Mia put a sticker on the chart for each finished chore, and the person with the most stickers picks Sunday's dessert. H. Weekly Review Checklist - Count stickers and check off finished chores on the fridge chart. - Ask each person which chore felt too long or too short. - Note any chore that was skipped twice and why. - Update anyone's available minutes for next week. - Re-run the plan if minutes or chores changed by more than a little.