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The Perfect Evening Routine Checklist for Working Moms

February 22, 2019 by Julie 4 Comments

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Inside: How to create an evening routine? Rock your busy working mom schedule with this evening routine checklist and organization tips! 

Every night you go to bed dreading the morning rush.

Every evening you just want to sit on the couch and relax, exhaustion taking over.

Sometimes it feels like an endless cycle, doesn’t it? But mornings do not need to be chaotic. And evenings can be a fabulous way to be productive to prepare for the next day.

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How to create an evening routine?

Here’s a checklist of everything that needs to be in a routine for your busy evenings. You’ll find everything you need to create your perfect evening routine for working parents.


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Why evening routine ideas are important for working parents

Just like we need a good working mom morning routine, we also need an organized working mom evening routine.

Both round out your organized working mom schedule and are important pieces of the overall picture! Let’s learn how to establish an evening routine!

While it’s easiest to be lazy and not do much in the evening, I find that contributes to more stressful mornings. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t like my mornings to be extra stressful. It’s complicated enough getting myself and a tiny human ready to leave the house in the morning, go to daycare drop off and get to work.

It’s not enough to have a to-do list, but you need to know what important things are coming up next so you don’t have any surprises.  Planning ahead for the next day, and looking ahead for the next week can help us stay on top of things and fight off mom brain.

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What’s the #1 tip for working moms that saves time? An organized evening routine, of course!

A well-thought-out evening routine checklist can save you a lot of time in the morning and throughout the day!

The key here is routine. It’s something specific you do during a set time. That way, you don’t forget. That way it becomes a habit. And that routine is a system.

Implementing an organized evening plan for the next day is crucial and helps make the morning run more efficiently.

So what’s on your evening routine? It can be as simple as:

  • After-dinner clean-up
  • Packing lunches
  • Bedtime routine for the kids
  • Mommy self-care time
  • Planning tasks for the next day/reviewing calendar
  • Laying out clothes for the next day
  • Putting everything that needs to go out tomorrow by the door or in your bag (or in your car)

How long should your evening routine take? I would say let’s not make it last longer than an hour because we will not want to do it. Start small, don’t overwhelm yourself before you even get going. You can always get more elaborate and add more tasks to your evening routine as you go.

What is a good evening routine schedule? Start after dinner, end with bedtime. The exact timing will vary with your household schedule and needs. This evening routine is also your after work schedule. It can also be called an after work routine. What tasks or activities are you doing after you get home from work and before you go to sleep for the night. How are you closing out your day, and setting up for your next day?

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What does an organized Evening routine for working moms look like?

I would suggest having two evening routine checklists. One will be a daily evening routine, and the second will be your weekly evening routine.

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Weekly ideas for your evening weekend routine (Sunday night routine)

Once a week, you want to do a more thorough planning session. I like to do this on Sundays (read more about Sunday prep). Do a brain dump of everything coming up in the next week, all the tasks you want or need to get in the upcoming days. 

Then review your family wall calendar or your digital Google calendar. What important events are coming up? Are there special dress-up days at daycare or school? Do you need to remember to bring a particular toy for show and tell? Do you have any lunch or dinner plans you can’t forget?

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Plan out your meals for the week. Make sure you get your grocery shopping done and maybe even do some meal prepping if you have more complicated recipes on your meal plan. Doing that prep on the weekend makes it quicker to cook the meals on the weeknight.

Put all these in your planner for the week, with your weekly to-do list.

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Daily to-do list for your evening routine after work

Your daily evening routine checklist should contain the big categories you want to hit, but the details may look slightly different depending on what you have going on. This will be your regular evening routine after daycare and after getting home from work.

Kitchen Tasks

Evening routines typically start after dinner. So start yours with the kitchen tasks you need to do every night. What might that look like for you?

  • Putting away leftovers.
  • Washing dishes/setting the dishwasher.
  • Packing lunches for the next day.
  • Maybe a quick tidy up of counters? Wipe down of surfaces.
  • Feeding pets/letting dogs out for their last potty break.
  • Set the coffee pot schedule.

Plan for tomorrow

Take a moment after all the chaos of the evening is done (i.e. children are in bed, and dishes and food have been put away) and think about the next day. Check your command center for the upcoming schedule.

Write out the tasks you need to get done tomorrow – are there any specific things that absolutely must be completed? Add in any meetings and appointments, so you know when you’re not available to work on those tasks. Add any phone calls you need to make, and any errands you need to run before or after work.

I love to write out my list and brain dump in a spiral notebook.  You might want to use my lovely notebook journal I have on my Zazzle store. 

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If you’re a night owl, you might want to do your daily gratitude practice in the evening. Review the day, reflect on what went well and what you’re thankful for, and journal that.

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Clothing

I hate that morning I don’t know what to wear feeling. I suggest you plan what you are wearing tomorrow and lay the clothing out. Getting dressed in the morning is hard for me – I keep staring at the closet and not seeing anything. So I like to plan out my outfit the night before when my brain is still working (as my brain isn’t yet working when I first wake up). Having an organized working mom wardrobe with easy to wear and mix and match pieces is key here, too.

I lay out my preschooler’s clothes too, for easier getting ready in the morning. That really helps with the morning fog. He’s starting to be able to help pick out his clothes and lay them out with me, so I’m looking forward to having less involvement in this line item soon.

Pack Diaper Bag or Backpack, and your Mom Bag

Think about what you need for daycare. Do you need to add diapers/pull-ups? Did you wash that blanket (my toddler loves this airplane blanket) for daycare? Check your child’s change of clothes (in case some were used yesterday).

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Pack your own bag – do you work out after work? If so, put a clean set of clothes in the gym bag. Maybe replace the water bottle. Check your purse for random receipts and anything that needs to come out and go somewhere else in the house, and make sure you have your wallet, phone, keys, and other essentials.

Mommy self-care time

This is an important piece! We have to remember ourselves, mamas. We are often putting ourselves last. And that’s a shame because we can’t give others our best when we’re not at our best.

I like to shower at night before bed rather than in the morning because it relaxes me and helps me sleep. It also saves me tons of time in the morning, obviously.

I also love a warm cup of tea when winding down. It helps so much!

This might also be your workout time if you’re not a morning person. I really need to start adding exercise to my evening routine!

Finally, be sure you’re going to bed on time to get enough sleep. Yes, I know, mom life means we are up at all hours with our littles. But we can still try to get more sleep by not going to bed after midnight (just me?) – so set a decent bedtime for yourself so you can at least attempt to be in bed for 8 hours, even if you don’t get to sleep for all of them and end up getting up with a child a few times.

These are all important line items for your evening routine as a working mom!

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I made you a present! I know many people love to write down their to-do lists and schedules; something about writing makes it more meaningful to the brain. So here’s a master agenda printable you can use as your working mom daily routine checklist and planner, to write out your schedule of appointments and important tasks!

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What other working mom organization tips do you use?

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It’s also crucial to have a good morning routine, as I mentioned before.

You also want to focus on productivity and planning out your day.

Always start with a brain dump and then prioritize the to-do list.

Over to you – share your evening routine ideas and working mom tips!


I have come across this fantastic course called Time Mastery for Women – it is a complete system for organizing our time and life. You should check it out.


 

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  1. MumFounded says

    March 5, 2019 at 8:47 am

    LOVE these tips! Alas, we can’t leave anything by the door or the dogs eat it haha! 😀

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    • Julie says

      March 5, 2019 at 11:05 am

      Makes sense, mine are house eaters too so I have to keep them in their kennel at night. Maybe a hook or a shelf by the door?

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  2. Talya says

    February 27, 2019 at 11:40 am

    I never thought about having an evening routine checklist but this is such a great idea to stay organised for the next day!

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  3. Niki at Toot's Mom is Tired says

    February 27, 2019 at 9:03 am

    I need to start putting stuff in my car the night before. That’s a really good idea! I hate trying to grab everything on the way out the door.

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