[Kobi]

I am kind of old fashioned when it comes to short cuts and hiring others to do what I can easily do for myself. I just do it. LOL.

To me, to pay some else to do stuff I dont want or like to do just means I have to work harder and longer to pay for these services. The money I save doing it myself means a bigger bank account and more treats for me. Good incentive.

I will pay for the stuff I dont know how to do or that I suck at like sewing.

I like to combine distasteful tasks with stuff I do like to do. Football Sundays combines watching the tube along with precooking stuff for meals for the week. Is also good for the rare ironing, bill paying, thank you/birthday cards, laundry, reading a weeks worth of newspapers, flipping thru catalogues, plucking, tweezing and filing etc.

The one girlie thing I did get from Mom regards housework. Takes 15-20 minutes a day to keep up as opposed to hours to do a massive cleaning once a week.

And I am a list person. Make the list of what needs to get done during a week and figure how to combine trips or chores into the most practical routes and time saving sequences.

And when I am really being an obsessive little f*&^, I even prearrange the clothes in the closet so I dont have to waste time deciding what I will wear each day.

Works for me.