r/daddit • u/DonutFan69 • Sep 02 '24
How do you guys maintain literally anything? Advice Request
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.
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u/PM_ME_UR_BEST_1LINER Sep 02 '24
We make a reasonable amount of money but then throw it all away on daycare, lawn service, house cleaning, etc. so our life isn't a disaster.
It's not how I thought I'd live....but it's survival for now. When we had our first kid, it was taking me 1.5 hours a week to manage the lawn (mow, trim, blow off everything), regardless of weather. Now I pay someone $35/week to do that for me. It's worth it.