When you are at work every day all week long, it becomes difficult to get your life tasks done. Here are some tips to help you integrate your job with your life. 

 Make to-do lists of your life tasks and prioritize the tasks you need to accomplish. Keep a list of things you need to do, buy, return, pick up, and drop off. A day planner is the best place to keep such a list. If you don’t have a day planner, carry a notebook with you from home to work and back again. Organize your list according to places you will stop. Keep grocery items on one list, pharmacy items on another, dry cleaning on a third, and so on. Cross things off the lists when you have finished them, so you can see what you still have to do at a glance. 

 Use your lunch hour to run errands at least once a week. Identify resources that are close to your workplace for things you can do during your lunch hour—doctor, dentist, dry cleaner, shoe repair, car repair, hardware store, and so on. 

 Use the commute between home and work to take care of other errands, such as stopping at day care and the grocery store.