The great thing about cleaning as you go along instead of at certain times or on certain days, is that the standards are set by your feelings which are informed by your theories. Because it occurs naturally and automatically you don’t worry in between tidyings. Your mind becomes freed-up to worry about things that are more important to you.
Some ideas to reduce the feeling of burden around housework.
Brilliant ideas for those who find housework a burden.
Taking children seriously involves not just solving obvious problems when they arise, but thinking about and experimenting with different ideas about how to make life even more delightful.
Being ‘nice’ with the ulterior motive of in effect forcing the children to do what you want them to do, such as help with the housework, is very common. Coercion does not always appear overtly nasty.
How do real-life parents gracefully navigate housework and chores in a home that seems endlessly messy or disorganised?
Solving the problem of finding cloning and tidying a miserable burden.
David Deutsch explains why he says that he could not be very productive without also being untidy.
Imagine if your husband denied you dinner because you had not yet completed the chores he had decided you must do before dinner…