What this template is for
Household chores never end -- they just cycle. The challenge is not remembering what to clean, but knowing what to clean right now. When you have seven recurring tasks with different frequencies, the mental overhead of tracking which ones are due this week adds up fast.
This template sets up seven common chores with weekly, biweekly, and monthly recurrence. Each task is a single recurring entity in Klara. Completing one advances its deadline to the next occurrence and immediately recalculates its urgency.
Example tasks
| Task | Importance | Effort | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum all rooms | 3 | Hours | Weekly (Saturday) |
| Clean bathrooms | 4 | Hours | Weekly (Saturday) |
| Do laundry | 4 | Hours | Twice weekly (Wed + Sat) |
| Deep clean kitchen | 3 | Hours | Monthly |
| Change bed sheets | 3 | Hours | Biweekly |
| Take out recycling | 2 | Minutes | Weekly (Thursday) |
| Water plants | 3 | Minutes | Weekly (Sunday) |
How Klara handles these tasks
Different recurrence frequencies create a rolling priority landscape that shifts throughout the week. On Monday morning, all Saturday chores have five or six days of breathing room. A task that takes an hour but is not due until Saturday has no urgency at all -- it sits firmly in "Skip it." You do not need to think about vacuuming on Monday.
By Wednesday, "Do laundry" has its mid-week deadline approaching. With only hours until it is due, urgency spikes. Combined with importance 4, it claims "Do now."
On Saturday morning, "Vacuum all rooms" and "Clean bathrooms" both face same-day deadlines with identical effort. The tiebreaker is importance: "Clean bathrooms" at importance 4 outranks "Vacuum" at importance 3. Bathrooms win the single "Do now" slot. After you complete them, "Vacuum" rises to take its place.
"Deep clean kitchen" behaves differently because of its monthly cycle. For the first three weeks, it has plenty of time and sits in "Skip it." During the fourth week, it begins climbing through "Maybe" into "Later." On the final days before the deadline, it competes with that week's regular chores. This gradual ascent means the monthly deep clean never surprises you -- it appears on your radar days before it becomes urgent.
"Take out recycling" (importance 2, Minutes effort) has a pattern worth noting. Even on Thursday -- its deadline day -- the tiny effort means you could do it at any moment. Combined with low importance, it hovers in "Later" or "Maybe" rather than demanding "Do now." Klara recognizes that a two-minute task does not need to dominate your attention.
After completing any task, Klara advances the deadline to the next occurrence. Saturday's "Vacuum" immediately resets to next Saturday, and urgency drops back down. There is no task duplication -- each chore is a single entry that tracks your completion history over time.
Tips for customizing
- Shift the recurrence days to match your household rhythm. If you clean on Sundays instead of Saturdays, change the deadlines and the priority cascade adjusts automatically.
- Raise importance on tasks you tend to skip. If vacuuming always gets deferred, bump it to 4 so it competes more aggressively with other Saturday chores.
- Add seasonal tasks like "Clean gutters" with quarterly recurrence. They will stay invisible most of the time and surface naturally as the deadline approaches.