Since I can’t seem to load a cute video of Benjamin yet (maybe later today), I will take the opportunity to stick something in the “recommended” category. Managers Of Their Homes (MOTH) has really helped us so much, for about 10 years now. After having evaluated, inspiration-ized, concocted, planned, and prioritized in many areas of life.. there has to be that last piece of actually fitting it all into a day, year, calendar.. everything from washing out the silverware drawer, to teaching & training children, to serving others, to building a marriage relationship and planning family fun.
It would not happen in our house if we didn’t have our over-arching plan and the tool (MOTH) to actually accomplish it. We still fall apart at times, life is still not perfect, and sometimes when you check my silverware drawer, you might find some crumbs. 
Mostly, we are kept from running in 50 directions at once (yes, there is a method to what looks like madness!), and we don’t get so overwhelmed as we used to, or buried by basics.
I try to have a “machine,” a system for everything, especially b/c I tend to feel mega lousy in the winter, which also happens to be my most intense schedule b/c of schooling. When the alarm goes off at 5 AM in the middle of February, I have to be able to get up and tackle the day with everything more or less “idiot-proofed” or I’d be in survival-mode by 9 AM, bogged down by basics (or, back in bed!).
When we fail to work the plan or have unforeseen things happen which necessarily throw us off, it is shorter-lived, less-stressful, and less catastrophic than it would be if we didn’t have our systems and plan in place.
I want to live intentionally, fruitfully, eternally-focused, and not waste my life! I want to be learning how to do this better and better every year. I would say that MOTH shines less in the area of the “inspiration-izing,” concocting, etc.. the big picture stuff.. but after you know where you want to “go,” the MOTH system is the train that can get you there so it actually happens.
More recently, the authors of MOTH have come out with a new manual/system called Managers Of Their Chores. We got it this year. It’s great, too! I particularly appreciate their online program called Choreware ($10/year to people who own the MOTC book).
So, there are my little plugs. I would love to know what tools are working for you all as well. Go to www.titus2.com for the MOTH and MOTC systems if you are interested. Also, they have some of their forms online now which is much neater, etc. If you want info, let me know.