Another news bulletin - this morning it was about stress and a recent study showing that women currently suffer a great deal more than men from stress, not a joking matter, and I don't mean to take it lightly, but one bit did strike me as particularly interesting. It seems that these days women worry about housework about 30% more than men do. That's what they said.
As someone who stopped worrying about house work years ago, I feel singularly qualified to offer some advice in this area.
The first thing to accept about housework is that it is exceedingly patient, if it doesn't get done one day, it will still be there the next.
Secondly, it's very satisfying to make lists and to mark things off as you get them done. The trick is to intersperse lots of little jobs with the big ones, for instance on my list for today 'mop the floors' is sandwiched between 'bring in the mail' and 'write my blog'. Now I can look at my list at the end of the day with satisfaction noting that I've scratched off more things on my list than are left.
Trust me, this really lessens stress.
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