Contact the Team Leader and receive a general briefing. In addition to the general checklist, discuss.

Make a master list. List everything that has to get done at home, like laundry, grocery shopping, meal preparation, watering plants, taking out the garbage and recycling, etc.

Instead of going online every time you get curious about Brad and Angelina's kid, Stack suggests you write a master list of everything you want to look up, and then do so at the end of the day.