Post by irene adler on Aug 8, 2018 14:08:50 GMT -5
Most of these answers apply to the school year, when I am working at FT plus my 2 PT side hustles. Relevant info: no kids, super small house, but i’m working ~70-85 hours/week
1) Do you clean the kitchen (at least basic wash dishes, wipe counters, sweep floors) and tidy the house everyday? dishes every day, and a basic wipe down of the floors. Big clean up on Sunday when I meal prep.
2) When do you fit in other chores like vacuuming, washing floors, de-cluttering, and deep cleaning bathrooms & kitchen? i ma a creature of habit, so I vaccum M/Th, Clean floors T/Sat, and deep clean the bathroom/laundry Friday as part of my morning routine. One load of laundry every day.
3) Do you have indoor pets? If so, how often are you vacuuming or washing floors? I have one dog who mostly just gets grass all over in summer.
4) Is summer harder to get inside chores done because of outside tasks like lawn mowing, watering plants, weeding, etc? our yard is our lowest priority. Our front yard is weed free dirt, and we mow the back as needed, but it is not very attractive. Until we either get rid of the chickens or the drought magically goes away (thus making sense to have plants worth watering) we don’t have a huge incentive to overhaul our yard and make it less of a dirt patch
5) When do you find time for "extra" stuff like unpacking from a move, painting or redecorating a room, or larger maintenance projects? summer. Random days off. When it’s not wedding season
6) If you get behind because of work, sickness, burnout, etc, what order do your priorities take? Let's assume you can't do it all and the last few items probably aren't happening. I realize this isn't a comprehensive list.
Order the following: Work during busy seasons Exercise Meal prep Cleaning Sleep Family time Personal time Social time
I feel like an ass for having family time so low, but it’s just DH and I. The balance works. And my social life almost exclusively is based around run groups/the gym, so that’s a double whammy. Meal prep and my regimented cleaning schedule frees up so much time for all the other stuff—not just physically having it ready, but mentally having that plan is so valuable for me.
7) Does your schedule feel good to you or usually too busy? It feels good when i’m Organized, and too busy when i’m not.
Every Sunday night at eight, DH and I have a date on the couch. I do my master to do list/calendar for the week, we hang out and talk about everything we know that’s coming up to make sure we’re on the same page to start the week off. If we miss that time, I spend the whole week feeling untethered.
1) Do you clean the kitchen (at least basic wash dishes, wipe counters, sweep floors) and tidy the house everyday? No. If we're lucky it's every few days. If it's been one of those weeks, we do it on the weekend or I do it on my Mondays off.
2) When do you fit in other chores like vacuuming, washing floors, de-cluttering, and deep cleaning bathrooms & kitchen? The weekend, or my Mondays off (I send AJ to the sitters most Mondays so I can do things like this)
3) Do you have indoor pets? If so, how often are you vacuuming or washing floors? Yes. We vaccuum...again, not as much as I'd like. Probably every other week. Same with sweeping. It depends on if it's molting season for Georgie or not. Right now is molting season so it's once a week.
4) Is summer harder to get inside chores done because of outside tasks like lawn mowing, watering plants, weeding, etc? For sure. And honestly I want to be able to take some of that time to do fun things outside with AJ. If I have to pick cleaning or taking him to the pool, you can guess what's going to win
5) When do you find time for "extra" stuff like unpacking from a move, painting or redecorating a room, or larger maintenance projects? Oh god. Weekends, planned "staycations" off work etc.
6) If you get behind because of work, sickness, burnout, etc, what order do your priorities take? Let's assume you can't do it all and the last few items probably aren't happening. I realize this isn't a comprehensive list.
Order the following:
Sleep (this does the most to help with stress, burnout, and illness) Family Time Exercise Social time (beyond immediate family) Personal time (that's not exercise) Meal cooking or prep House cleaning and organization Work (extra work aside from normal hours) This may move up the list if taking care of work stuff outside of normal hours will directly decrease stress and burnout.
7) Does your schedule feel good to you or usually too busy? Usually too busy. There is never enough time in the day!
osulori I have to ask...what kind of animal is Georgie?
Ha! She's the OG "baby"-our beagle mix We think she's mixed with lab so between those two breeds, the hottest part of the summer is what we refer to as molting season. She leaves little clumps of hair all over the house, furniture, etc. You'd think she'd have bald spots with the size of some of the clumps but nope...that's how much hair she has!
Post by breezy8407 on Aug 10, 2018 11:08:47 GMT -5
1) Do you clean the kitchen (at least basic wash dishes, wipe counters, sweep floors) and tidy the house everyday? I am lucky that my H is a neat freak and a clean kitchen is important to him, so yes to washing dishes and counters. I am picky about clean floors, so i sweep a few times a week usually.
2) When do you fit in other chores like vacuuming, washing floors, de-cluttering, and deep cleaning bathrooms & kitchen? Deep whole house cleaning - I am lucky to get done once a month. We vacuum and wipe down bathrooms as needed in between those big cleans. I hate it because it takes most of a weekend for us both to do it. I clean all the bathrooms, scrub all the floors, and we split vacuuming. H does the kitchen and dusts. I am trying to talk H into a house cleaner at least once a month in the fall, but he thinks I won't be satisfied.
3) Do you have indoor pets? If so, how often are you vacuuming or washing floors? Nope
4) Is summer harder to get inside chores done because of outside tasks like lawn mowing, watering plants, weeding, etc? Not really because H is a teacher and is home for the summer, so he takes care of that stuff during the day now that the kids are older and they can run around while he does yard work.
5) When do you find time for "extra" stuff like unpacking from a move, painting or redecorating a room, or larger maintenance projects? If it's summer, H will tackle some of this stuff. He painted a few rooms this summer. Otherwise we have to take a day off work while the kids are in school. There's no time during the week.
6) If you get behind because of work, sickness, burnout, etc, what order do your priorities take? Let's assume you can't do it all and the last few items probably aren't happening. I realize this isn't a comprehensive list.
Order the following:
House cleaning and organization 6 Exercise 3 Meal cooking or prep 5 Work (extra work aside from normal hours) 1 - I hate this but it's true right now Family Time 2 Social time (beyond immediate family) 7 Personal time (that's not exercise) 8 Sleep 4
7) Does your schedule feel good to you or usually too busy? It doesn't feel good. Work is my life right now. I don't have time to see friends anymore which makes me sad, not do H and I have much time together. My week days are wake up at 5:30, work from 7:00am - 5:30 (with a workout at noon), get home, go to kids sports, get kids to bed at 8:00pm, eat dinner, do a few hours of work, bed by 10pm.
Post by hurricanedrunk on Aug 10, 2018 11:45:28 GMT -5
For reference our family is DH & I plus two dogs.
1) Do you clean the kitchen (at least basic wash dishes, wipe counters, sweep floors) and tidy the house everyday?
Nope. I aim to get the dishes done and some kitchen pick up each night but there are a lot of times it doesn't happen
2) When do you fit in other chores like vacuuming, washing floors, de-cluttering, and deep cleaning bathrooms & kitchen?
Usually weekends or before we have company.
3) Do you have indoor pets? If so, how often are you vacuuming or washing floors?
Yes two medium sized dogs with shorter hair. Vacuuming happens every 1-3 weeks or again before we have company.
4) Is summer harder to get inside chores done because of outside tasks like lawn mowing, watering plants, weeding, etc?
Yes but because we have more actives going on in general. H handles most of the lawn mowing and watering. It helps in the past years we've scaled back on our outdoor plants.
5) When do you find time for "extra" stuff like unpacking from a move, painting or redecorating a room, or larger maintenance projects?
Weekends that we have free or it doesn't happen. If it's a specific larger project it will get designated to weeknights or H will take off work.
6) If you get behind because of work, sickness, burnout, etc, what order do your priorities take? Let's assume you can't do it all and the last few items probably aren't happening. I realize this isn't a comprehensive list.
Order the following:
Exercise
Sleep
Family Time/Personal time (that's not exercise)
House cleaning and organization
Social time (beyond immediate family)
Work (extra work aside from normal hours)
Meal cooking or prep - H does the cooking and prep.
7) Does your schedule feel good to you or usually too busy?
I never feel like I have enough time especially when we have a ton of things going on during the weekend.