Here is a system that I've been using for a few years and it is very helfpul for me; hope you will find it useful too.

On your home planner, add an ABC section for each day of the week:

A

• Action is your “to-do” list of goals for the day:  errands (e.g., bank, dry cleaners, gas station), paying bills, do laundry, keeping appointments, etc.

B = Buy

• Buy reminds you of necessary purchases for the day:  groceries, stamps, school pictures or yearbooks, etc.
  

C = Call

• Call is for the telephone calls you need to make when email and text messaging won’t always work:  handyman, landscaper, babysitter, doctor and dental appointments, etc.
  

D = Dinner

• Dinner reminds you to plan ahead for the evening meal with a grocery list, recipe search, prepping vegetables, or a reach inside the freezer.
  

E = E-mail

• E–mail is for correspondence with teachers, your child at school, friends, work-mates, and long-distance chats where phone conversations aren’t always necessary.
  

F = File

• File reminds you to put away loose papers, bills, written correspondence, children’s schoolwork, and organize stray items that are cluttering your home.  Yes, you can “file away” pairs of shoes, old newspapers and magazines, homework and school supply items, etc.