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[quote=Anonymous]OP, if you are a man you may not be managing your household effectively. Often times, men just don't perceive the patterns and cycles of daily, weekly, monthly, etc., so they're just making it up as they go along and constantly behind. You need to pick one category, set aside quiet time to take a hard look at it and systematize it.

You need to very seriously improve your cooking efficiency, and suck it up re: eating leftovers. Get on a two-week meal plan rotation, figure out how to batch cook and freeze, whatever will make you stop spending so much time.

Same with laundry-- first of all, no white laundry allowed, nobody wears white clothes. Pick certain regular days of the week for washing. Tee up a load in the morning, start it when you arrive home, put it in the dryer after dinner. The next day, put it away. Stop folding laundry for the kids, just toss it loose in their dresser.

I think you meant "Jenga" rather than "Jumanji"-- I really feel sorry for you if it's Jumanji and that's concerning. You need to have less stuff, period. You don't need half as much as you think you do, and the kids will be better off with less toys anyway. Set aside 30 minutes each Saturday and spend it finding things to get rid of. Start with your own clothing. [/quote]

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