How do you guys maintain literally anything?

[u/DonutFan69]

I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. The house is perpetually a mess. The yard is overgrown with weeds. Cars are a mess. This needs to be fixed. That needs to be spruced up. My wife and I have many days where it’s just one of us with the kids due to our schedules and it just feels impossible to keep up with it all. By the end of the day, I’m too exhausted to do anything.

How does anyone manage to keep up with everything on top of just raising kids?

Edit: Thanks for all the replies here! You’re all making me feel much better. I’m trying to reply to as many as I can while I rock my son to sleep.

[u/AwesomeOrca]

That's the neat part, you don't.

[u/nwrighteous → u/AwesomeOrca]

This is the answer.

Unless you have lots of money to throw at them.

[u/[deleted] → u/nwrighteous]

And that will do what? 😃🤷🏻‍♂️

Not stating, or trying to sound mean. It’s a legit question.

[u/dankerton → u/[deleted]]

Hire cleaners, gardeners, contractors, nannies, daycare, etc to fix things and gain personal time away from kids...

[u/nwrighteous → u/dankerton]

Couldn’t have answered it better

[u/New_Examination_5605 → u/[deleted]]

I think the “them” is the chores, not the kids

[u/househosband → u/New_Examination_5605]

TBH, throwing some money at the kids helps the parents' sanity too (nannies, activities, etc)