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Family Module 5 · Home Routines · about 35 minutes · 3 lessons + 10-question quiz

Hero Routines: Home and Money

The house runs itself (mostly). Step-by-step setup for: From meal plan to grocery cart; Bills and subscriptions, watched; The house runs itself (mostly)

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Exercises work with Grok Bot or any AI assistant. Use non-sensitive information only. App connections marked "varies" depend on your school, team or provider and are confirmed during setup.

LessonsLesson 1 · From meal plan to grocery cart (~9 min)Lesson 2 · Bills and subscriptions, watched (~9 min)Lesson 3 · The house runs itself (mostly) (~9 min)Module quiz (10 questions, ~8 min)Send feedback
Lesson 1 · ~9 min

From meal plan to grocery cart

You will be able to
  • Go from a short dinner list to a filled grocery cart
  • Stay in control of checkout

Apps involved: Mealime · Instacart · Kroger. Here's what this routine does and how to turn it on. You approve anything that sends, books or buys.

Works with: Mealime, Instacart, Kroger: varies. You always check out yourself.

Step by step

  1. Pick 4 or 5 dinners for the week (from your favorites or a meal app).
  2. Ask the assistant to merge ingredients into one list and remove things you already have.
  3. Ask it to fill the cart at your usual store, or give you the list if your store isn't supported.
  4. Review the cart, swap items, then check out yourself.
Example

Sunday: pick five dinners from a short list. By Monday night the cart is filled at your store, with sale items flagged. You review and check out.

Checklist

Key points
  • Start from the sources: calendar, email, app notifications.
  • Pick a reporting time you'll actually check.
  • Anything that sends, books or buys waits for your yes.
← Previous Mark complete & next: Lesson 2 →
Lesson 2 · ~9 min

Bills and subscriptions, watched

You will be able to
  • Catch unusual bills and price increases
  • Get one weekly money note instead of scattered alerts

Apps involved: Bank alerts · Rocket Money · Utilities. Here's what this routine does and how to turn it on. You approve anything that sends, books or buys.

Works with: Bank and utility alert emails: usually work. Direct bank connections and Rocket Money: varies. Read-only by design.

Step by step

  1. Turn on email alerts from your bank, card and utilities.
  2. Label them 'Bills'.
  3. Ask for a Friday summary that flags anything higher than usual or new.
  4. Decide what to do; the assistant can draft a cancel request but never cancels on its own.
Example

The water bill doubled, a streaming plan quietly went up $3, and the swim club charge cleared. One Friday note covers all three.

Checklist

Key points
  • Start from the sources: calendar, email, app notifications.
  • Pick a reporting time you'll actually check.
  • Anything that sends, books or buys waits for your yes.
← Previous Mark complete & next: Lesson 3 →
Lesson 3 · ~9 min

The house runs itself (mostly)

You will be able to
  • Stop missing trash day and running out of essentials
  • Make allowance a 1-minute approval

Apps involved: WM · Chewy · BusyKid. Here's what this routine does and how to turn it on. You approve anything that sends, books or buys.

Works with: WM and other haulers, Chewy, BusyKid: varies.

Step by step

  1. Add your trash and recycling days to the Family calendar and ask for holiday-change alerts from your hauler's emails or website.
  2. Ask for a heads-up when regular deliveries (pet food, filters) are getting low, based on order emails.
  3. Put kids' chores on a simple checklist.
  4. Approve allowance on Friday in whatever app you use.
Example

Holiday trash pickup moved to Saturday, the dog food arrives before the bag runs out, and Friday allowance is ready to approve.

Checklist

Key points
  • Start from the sources: calendar, email, app notifications.
  • Pick a reporting time you'll actually check.
  • Anything that sends, books or buys waits for your yes.
← Previous Mark complete & next: Quiz →

Hero Routines quiz

10 questions, about 8 minutes. Pass mark 80%. Your best score is saved in this browser.

1. How does the meal-to-cart routine start?



2. What does the assistant do with the ingredients?



3. If your grocery store isn't supported, what happens?



4. Who checks out the grocery cart?



5. What does the bill-watch routine flag?



6. How does bill-watch usually get its information?



7. A streaming plan went up $3. Can the assistant cancel it?



8. How often is the money summary sent in the example?



9. How does the trash routine handle holiday pickup changes?



10. What's the parent's role in allowance?



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