- 1). Track your budget with a homemade Gantt chart. Along the left side of the chart, list each category in your budget. At the top list number of dollars. You can break this down however you want -- $25, $50, $100 or more at a time. Draw an empty rectangle from the category out to the amount of money you can spend in that category. Fill in the rectangle as you spend money, until it's completely filled.
- 2). Assign tasks to each person in the family. Write the name of each chore along the left side of the chart. At the top, write the days of the week. Somewhere near the chart draw a legend, and write each family member's name in the legend. Assign a color to each person. Block out the Gantt chart, according to the chore and day it needs to be done, with the color of the person who does it. For example, assign "Blue" to your little daughter Sarah. It's Sarah's job to do dishes on Tuesday, so you block out the section of the graph with blue that lines up with "Dishes" and "Tuesday."
- 3). Schedule where everyone will be at any time during the week. List the event that each person might be involved in along the left side of the chart. Common categories include "school," "work" and "friend's house." List the hours of the day along the top, beginning with the time your family awakes and ending with the time they go to bed. Create a legend somewhere near the chart. List each family member's name and assign a color to each person. Block out the times during the day that each person will be at each place or event, using their color. Create one chart for each day of the week as a template. Make copies. Alternatively, don't block out any time and have each member of the family fill in their own spot.
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