How much is your happiness worth? How much is your free time worth? How much is time with your family worth? In monetary terms, you really can buy yourself all of these things by outsourcing household chores or hiring a live out housekeeper. Freeing up some of your time can lead to higher life satisfaction, so here’s a list of some household chores that might be worth the investment to have someone else handle:
House Cleaning
How much time do you spend keeping your house clean? If you have a home that takes you more than an hour per week to clean, get a cleaner in. While having a clean home is a morale booster, not having to spend three or more hours cleaning it is an even more significant bump in life satisfaction.
Laundry
What about the time spent doing laundry? Did you know that laundry services are widely available and quite cheap? Some people love doing laundry, others hate it and can spend over four hours a week taking care of clothes. You need to weigh up how much you have and if the cost would be enough to equate for your time and happiness.
Food Preparation
You may not realize how much time you spend on food preparation each week when you could save all that time with a meal delivery service. These services offer an alternative to spending all your time in the kitchen. However, you will have to spend more money on it, so it depends if it’s worth it to you do not have to plan the meal, shop for ingredients, and prepare the ingredients. They also often cater to specific dietary needs, and prices vary accordingly.
Gardening
There’s not just the time you need to put into your garden, but there’s the cost of owning and maintaining the necessary equipment to do it. If you hire a gardener, however, you don’t need to worry about any of it: hire a service or an individual with their equipment, and it’s one less thing to spend your time and money. However, if you enjoy it and gardening is a hobby for you, then keep it as it’s a great hobby to have and good for you.
Odd jobs
Odd jobs, like cleaning the kitchen appliances or assembling that new desk you bought from IKEA; organizing, deep cleaning, assembling, and installing stuff you’ve bought can take hours of your life. Fortunately, some people will do that for you. Faster. And probably better. Outsourcing services like TaskRabbit make finding these fantastic people much more straightforward.
Car Washing
Having a clean, sparkling car is a great feeling. Doing it yourself, however, is not so great if you don’t enjoy it. It can take a good chunk of your Saturday afternoon to wash, wax, vacuum, and so on. The cheapest way to outsource the car washing errand is to hire a local youth to do the work instead. While you can charge a small amount for this task to be completed, the work might not be all that thorough
