How To NOT Do All The Things and Still Be Great

A couple years ago the Guardian published a comic strip by an anonymous French author that was all about the mental load of running a family.  In a nutshell, the piece explained that mental load is the total sum of all the invisible work you do to manage the “remembering of all the things” in your household.

Mental Load At Home

As the comic strip pointed out, often times, it’s usually one partner (most often women)  that is designated by default as the house manager. She is the one that supposed to know what needs to be done and when.  This partner must remember that the bathroom needs toilet paper, a plumber needs to be scheduled to stop a leaking faucet, and the laundry needs to be done.

In addition to bearing the mental load of managing these tasks, this partner is often expected to execute a large portion of the household responsibilities as well.  So she becomes the project manager and the key team member even though management is a full-time job on its own.

Mental Load At Work

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