Household Ownership Conversation Kit

Agree what owning a household task actually means.

$24 Proposed price · USD

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Task inventory, definitions of done, ownership discussion prompts and a four-week review.

Notion companion · Template to duplicate
Illustrated guide · 26-page PDF
Reusable planning workbook · 20-page fillable PDF · 62 fields
Editable workbook · Word document
Fictional worked example · 108-page PDF
Quick cards · 5-page PDF · 7 cards
Reading companion · Offline HTML
Start Here handout · 4-page PDF + text instructions

The kit is ready to explore. Purchases open after final checkout and delivery setup.

For adults sharing a home, one job at a time.

Couples or housemates merging homes.

A useful time to begin: moving in together.

Choose one recurring shared-home job, then ask whether each adult wants to discuss it now, later or leave it for now. Use it only when everyone can say no freely. Start Here and one ownership record, or a spoken conversation, are enough.

Use only when everyone can participate freely. This is not couples therapy or support for coercion or abuse.

One shared place for the job you agreed.

The Notion companion holds the same four tools in a workspace you can make your own.

Start at the illustrated home page. See the whole job, agree what done means, agree who owns it, and review after about four weeks if you want to.

Actual Notion home page of Household Ownership Conversation Kit: the title, the Start Here callout and the first illustrated cards — The actual Notion companion · Four steps

Actual Notion Fictional Examples · Anika and Miles page in its All examples · story order view with fictional examples — Completed Fictional Examples in the actual Notion companion: 18 records for fictional housemates Anika and Miles, with tool and story-position columns.

See the whole job

A small task inventory names what needs noticing, planning, doing and checking. What would count as done? sets a result you are both willing to try.

Record what was accepted

Our ownership record has a six-option state, decision limits and what happens if nobody can cover. Blank tools live in Your Tools; copy only the ones you use.

Review, or pause

Four-week review lets you continue, revise, reduce, reassign or stop. Reference Cards cover a missed job and a pause.

Included with the complete kit, not a separate purchase. Requires your own Notion account; PDF and Word work without it. Your duplicate is your own copy. There are no automatic reminders, notifications or shared tracking, and a shared page is not automatically private.

Also in your kit.

Real pages from each included file, alongside the Notion companion. Open a preview to see the detail.

Guide page 16, Make exceptions real: four numbered cards linked by arrows, from 'Owner cannot do it' to 'Cover accepted' or 'No accepted cover', beside an illustration of one housemate asking another at her desk — Illustrated guidePDFPage 16 of the guide. Asking is not receiving a yes, and nobody inherits a job because they noticed it.

Blank Our ownership record sheet with an empty Task / scope box and six state options from Proposed to Replaced, with the meaning of each state below — Reusable planning workbookFillable PDFOur ownership record, page 10 of the workbook. Pick one state; a typed name does not prove acceptance. Type or print.

The Our ownership record section rendered from the editable Word workbook — Editable workbookWord · .docxThe same blank tools in Word. Fonts and pagination may vary by editor.

Completed ownership record for the fictional housemates Anika and Miles: shared kitchen supplies scope written in, Accepted for trial selected — Fictional worked examplePDFOne of 18 completed records for two fictional housemates. Invented people and outcomes, not customer results.

Start Here page 2, What is in your kit: a table listing each file and the Notion companion with its role and purpose — Start Here handoutPDF + text instructionsEvery file and its role. Page 1 sets your first action and the choice and safety boundary.

Quick card page 1, Set one agreed task: a green cut-out card headed 'One task is enough' listing what to name — Quick cardsPDFSeven short cards on choices, states, a missed task and a pause. Print and cut, or read on screen.

The offline reading companion open at a narrow browser width — Offline reading companionHTMLThe actual offline HTML file at a narrow browser width. It is for reading and does not save answers.

One kit. Your way to use it.

Start with one useful task, then choose the format that fits. You don’t need to use every tool.

These formats exist in the current review edition. Customer delivery and release checks are still in progress.

Notion companion
A home page with four illustrated steps, blank tool pages with fictional example toggles, and 18 completed fictional records in your own Notion account.
Template to duplicate
Illustrated guide
The full conversation, from a first proposal to a workable trial, with routes for a refusal, a missed job, a pause and a note for couples.
26-page PDF
Reusable planning workbook
Our ownership record, plus the optional task inventory, definition of done and four-week review, with shared extra space. Type or print.
20-page fillable PDF · 62 fields
Editable workbook
The same blank tools, editable in Word.
Word document
Fictional worked example
Two fictional housemates' story and all 18 completed records, including a real no and an honest gap. These are not customer results.
108-page PDF
Quick cards
Choices, agreement states, the whole task and its limits, a missed task, a pause and optional wording.
5-page PDF · 7 cards
Reading companion
Read the guide in your browser, including on a phone. This file does not collect or save answers.
Offline HTML
Start Here handout
Your first useful action, the choice and safety boundary, and every file with its role.
4-page PDF + text instructions

Four steps. Only one is required.

01. See the whole jobOptional. What needs noticing, planning, doing and checking, and what nobody has named?
02. Agree what done meansOptional. What practical need matters, and what result are you willing to try?
03. Agree who owns itOne record per job. Who has accepted each part, and what happens if nobody can cover?
04. Review and reviseOptional. About four weeks after starting, or sooner: continue, revise, reduce, reassign or stop?

There is no completion target or timer. Four weeks is a convenient review point, not a promise about how long change takes.

Before you begin.

Who is this guide for?

Couples or housemates merging homes.

Can I buy this guide yet?

This edition is available to preview while review and delivery checks are completed. Purchases are not open yet; the proposed price may change before release.

What is outside its scope?

Use only when everyone can participate freely. This is not couples therapy or support for coercion or abuse.

Which formats can I use?

Use the fillable PDF in a compatible reader, print it, or use the editable Word files. Save, close and reopen a copy to check your answers. The offline HTML companion is for reading and does not save answers. Notion is optional and requires your own account; its customer-copy route is still being checked. Keep your working copy private and check sharing before adding information. Follow the kit's specific consent and privacy instructions.