If I were out of reach for a week, what would nobody at home know how to do?

A one-page outline of what only you know about running your home, ready to fill in on paper.


When to use
When you realize you’re the only one who knows when the bills go out and where the water shuts off.
Time
10 min

The prompt

I’m the one who keeps our household running, and most of how it works lives in my head. I want a one-page manual someone else could follow if I were out of reach for a week. Ask me up to six questions, one at a time, about who lives here, what gets paid and when, the routines of any kids or pets, the home itself, and who to call for what. Keep the questions general. Names, addresses, passwords and account numbers belong on the paper copy, not in this chat, so stop me if I start typing them. Then give me the manual as an outline to fill in by hand: headings and the specific lines to complete. For anything sensitive, the line says where it’s kept, not what it is. End with the three gaps that would cause the most trouble.

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