How to get rid of your relationship routine with Trello

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Some problems can be dealt with without breaking dishes and going to a family psychologist.

A good and healthy relationship requires the constant work of both partners. Unfortunately, not all couples manage to cope with difficulties. So, according to the Demographics of Rosstat, in 2017 there were 611,000 divorces for 1,049,000 marriages.

The candy-bouquet period is inevitably replaced by the "everyday" one, and not everyone is ready for this. And in order not to finally get bogged down in a routine, it is important to properly organize your family affairs. This is where tools that are typically used for business can come to the rescue. For example, the Trello service. It will be effective not only for scheduling tasks in work teams, but also in everyday life.

How Trello can help you get out of your relationship routine

• You will transfer everyday communication to a separate channel and free up social networks or instant messengers for romantic correspondence. And boredom and routine will remain in Trello.
• You will get rid of some conflicts. For example, due to the fact that someone has not done certain housework. In Trello, you can record who and when is on duty in the kitchen or doing the cleaning.
• You will free up additional time for joint entertainment and recreation. In Trello, you can evenly distribute tasks on weekdays and not throw everything over to Saturday and Sunday. And on weekends, with a calm soul and a clear conscience, you will walk, watch movies and do other more fun things.

What couples can do in Trello

Maintain joint shopping lists

Shopping trips are rarely fun. As a rule, these are very routine activities during which you need to do a lot of little things at a time. And this can become a reason for quarrels. Thus, according to the Levada Center survey, Family Quarrels and Violence, 16% of respondents cited arguments as to what the couple should spend their money on as a reason for the conflict.

Therefore, it is important to draw up and approve a shopping list in advance. For this:

1. Create a card in Trello. Try to keep its name as concise and understandable as possible. For example: Alena + Vitya (who is taking part in this task) → Supermarket (where will you go to shop).
2. Add a checklist. This can be done in the side menu of the card.
3. Fill in the checklist with the products you want to buy.
4. Check the items that you have added to the cart.

Plan household chores

- You didn't wash the dishes!

- And you didn’t put things in the wash!

Word for word, and a small quarrel develops into a conflict. But this would not have happened if initially household chores were fixed for each of the partners. For this:

1. On Saturday or Sunday, plan the entire next week.
2. Create cards for tasks and assign an assignee.
3. Add labels to cards to make it easier for you to visually perceive information from the board.

Store useful links and other information

If some kind of abnormal situation happened to you (a door jammed, a washing machine suddenly broke down, or the like) and you found a solution, then fix it in a special card. For this:

1. Create a card. Try to keep its title as accurate as possible to reflect the content.
2. In the "Description" field, record everything that happened. For example, you have a jammed door and you could not get home after work. Why did this happen? Is it your fault or not? How did you solve this problem? Which specialist helped you and how to contact him in the future? These are all important and can be useful under similar circumstances.
3. Place this card so that it is always in front of your eyes.

Thanks to this, in the event of another force majeure, you will be better prepared for difficulties.

Plan trips and trips

For many, getting ready for a trip is an inevitable stress. It is important to foresee everything and not forget anything. And where there are experiences, there are conflicts. It's better to write everything down in Trello and not keep your head down. That's why:

1. Create a card and name it, for example, "Vacation" or "Vacation Gathering". If you know the date when you will go on vacation, then add it to the name.
2. Write down a list of things to do before you leave, and also list the things you will need on the road. After you make a list, come back to it after a while. Perhaps you remember something important.
3. Add other important information in the comments to the card: the file of the electronic ticket, the phone numbers of the taxi services, and so on.

How to organize collaboration

Sign up for Trello

Everything is simple here: go to the Trello website and register. The service also has a paid version, but for home scheduling of tasks, the free one will be quite enough.

Install Apps

Trello has apps for iOS, Android, Windows 10, and macOS. If you have a computer running Linux or older versions of Windows, then the web version is available to you.

Create board

The board is the main workspace in Trello. For a start, one is enough. In the future, if a certain category of tasks becomes too extensive (for example, travel planning), it will be possible to organize a separate board for it.

After registration, the service will immediately offer to create the first board.

Invite your soul mate

That for the sake of which all this was started! This can be done in a couple of clicks in the board settings menu.

Decide on labels and columns

Here you have full scope for creativity. Use the option that we offer (we don't mind!), Or you can develop your own system for scheduling and organizing tasks.

Install plugins (optional)

Trello has an internal platform with various additional modules. For example, you can add the Card Repeater enhancement, which will repeat tasks on a schedule, or Calendar, to display date cards in a more familiar calendar format.

There is no perfect solution that would suit absolutely everyone. Experiment and you may find a plugin that improves collaboration. Please note that in the free version only one module can be installed on one board.

Outcome

Trello is a great and flexible planning tool. And it is suitable not only for work tasks, but also for personal or family life. Try running Trello with your partner and share the results in the comments.