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I hate to assemble stuff (furniture comes first) because it does not teach me anything useful to me. I would pay someone to do the gardening, if I had to have
by BrandoElFollito 9y ago
I hate to assemble stuff (furniture comes first) because it does not teach me anything useful to me. I would pay someone to do the gardening, if I had to have a garden (the thought only makes me shiver).
OTOH I build electronic devices and program them even though I could buy something similar in a shop.
So I guess it comes down to what is interesting for whom, and it will wildly depend on the individual.
- emodendroket 9y agoI have discovered that the kinds of housework I enjoy are that which is finite. Putting up towel bars or blinds? Pretty satisfying when all is said and done. Cutting the grass not so much because you just have to cut the damned grass again next week.
- namibj 9y agoLook into alternatives to a lawn, maybe. If just for yhe optics, take a look at moss, which takes some water to grow, but apart from slightly lower walkability has little downsides.
- emodendroket 9y agoI'm thinking next year I might just hire someone to cut it. Maybe having less grass would be good too. Part of my problem is my back yard is very hilly, making it grueling to do (not like you can just run across a few times and be done). I'm pretty new to home ownership.
- ghaff 9y agoEven with the fairly flat and modestly-sized parcel of property that I keep mowed around the house, it's just one of those tasks that I don't care to do and which needs to be done on a schedule. Some people find fairly mindless outdoor chores a good excuse to get out of the house but I don't generally speaking. It's not inexpensive to have your lawn cut and the quality isn't always to my liking. But I've found the tradeoff to be worthwhile.
- emodendroket 9y agoYeah, I just hate it more than any other chore.