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3 Simple Steps to a Harmonious Household
and the Best Apps to Help
Thankfully, we’ve escaped the days when women were confined to housekeeping duties while men got to endure boring meetings in cold rooms. Let’s face it, no one really wins there. Still, everyone deserves the chance for a fulfilling career, which means that the household often becomes a neglected home, waiting patiently while everyone else works to pay for its costs.
If houses were sentient, they’d likely feel a little forgotten, longing for the days when someone was there to enjoy and take care of them. Instead, the residents hustle all day. Even the kids are busy with school and extracurriculars. At best, the house might enjoy the presence a sleeping cat who coats it in shed hair, or a plucky betta who fights with his reflection.
Homemaking seems to be a lost art, and that’s not feminism’s fault. Most of us, all genders, are simply too busy to spend time decorating, cooking, cleaning, and so on. When we need to relax, we simply shove the laundry to the side of the couch and ponder the impending apocalypse.
I’m sure I sound like an angry boomer right now, but last year, I gained a new perspective on what homemaking entails and why it matters.
That’s because I started working from home.
