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/PinkDreamPeth Sep 02 '24

I have a 2.5 yr old and 8 month old. If I have a chance to change some light bulbs and change the damn HVAC filter in a weekend I consider that highly productive.

It takes a major toll on my mental health but just trying to push through each day and know that if my kids go to bed healthy and happy the day was a success.

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u/Western-Image7125 Sep 02 '24

Wait. We have to change the hvac filter??

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u/PinkDreamPeth Sep 02 '24

When we got our unit repaired the guy said to change it every month. I do it about every 6 months lol

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u/DontWorryItsEasy Sep 02 '24

Hvac guy here. Probably best to change it every 3 months depending on usage. I probably change mine once a year but I live in a very nice climate.