Is this burnout?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry OP. I second the others who suggest taking a mental health day (or 2) to get some rest.

As part of those days off, make a list of everything that you feel responsible for. Then put an asterisk next to something you can outsource. And then ask your husband to help get that set up.

Just cleaning and yard work would take a huge load off.

Personally, the food prep / meal planning is exhausting to me. My husband suggested a few months ago that I write out week by week meal plans and that helped me SO much. I basically planned out 6 weeks of meals, with 5 meals / week, and a list of things I make less frequently to "sub in". I plan for 1 "easy" night a week like fast food, frozen etc.

If my husband had suggested that I plan meals out for 6 weeks, I would have happily handed him a pad of paper. lol

PP here and this made me laugh out loud. Point taken.

I have to say, though, that this is one area where I want full control. Whenever I ask him for suggestions, he always suggests stuff we had the week before because he could eat the same thing every night!

So yeah, it's a pain in the ass and I won't let anyone else help me with it. So the advanced planning really does help me out