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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the key to this is routines. Write them out!

You say that you meal prep, but are you meal planning reasonably? Put faster simple meals on your busy nights. Do you have a backup meal that you can toss into the rotation if your commute is really long or you end up with a band concert one night? We use tacos for that. I keep a 1.5 container of taco meat in the freezer. Defrost while you chop up lettuce cheese and toppings, cook shells and you have dinner! Save big feasts for the weekend and freeze leftovers.

Laundry: toss in a load as soon as you get home. Flip it as you sit down to dinner. Fold it after dinner. (I don't like to leave it sitting in the dryer all day.) This lets you toss in something really dirty, like the shirt that came home with tomato sauce on it.

Give everyone an assignment when they come home. Maybe the kids empty the dishwasher while you start dinner and DH pulls in the trash cans and walks the dog.

Are your kids in the habit of putting their dishes into the dishwasher? Make them clean up their snacks, etc. Lunch boxes get disassembled and put away as soon as they come home. Lay out outfits for tomorrow as they undress today (this is key for my ADHD kid who wears a uniform and can lose more belts/wallets/ties than I ever thought possible.)

Look at your tools. My Dyson stick vac is a godsent. So easy to run around after dinner or when there's a spill. Anyone can handle it.

Keep an inventory. Go to Target or put in an order for dish soap, Tide, Cascade, body soap, tin foil, baggies, etc. Keep an extra in reserve. As soon as you finish one item and pull out the reserve, add it to the list so the replacement is there before you run out again. Some people order, I like to go to Target about once a quarter and just load up on our usual items. If you have an Alexa, add things to your shopping list as you work and then you have  a ready made list at the store.

Organize everything so it has a place. Then put things in their places. If you have too many of something, cull. Having a charging "shelf" in the kitchen where people can also put their headphones, keys and wallets saves time in the am. (My kids are now teens and some drive. Keys are the bane of our existence.)

Tackle bigger projects on the weekend. Attack the laundry this weekend. Organize the kitchen next weekend. Kids rooms/drawers. Linen closet.  Garage. Etc

Build in time to rest and relax! Takeout Fridays are our favorite.
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