In my household, we sort of accidentally fell into what I feel is a healthy middle ground (for us). Fairly traditional gender roles where I bring home the incom

In my household, we sort of accidentally fell into what I feel is a healthy middle ground (for us). Fairly traditional gender roles where I bring home the income and she has ended up focusing on childcare while finishing school. That said, we could definitely stand to optimize some things in regard to workload balancing; my time outside of work consists of us taking turns letting each other rest from or responsibilities e.g. spend time doing absolutely nothing. In a few years, both of our kids will be in school (1 currently is), and she will likely bring home just as much if not more than half of the income when she re-enters the workforce unless I receive a large pay increase between now and then for whatever reason. Of course it hasn't been a breeze and we've both atrophied in some personal areas of skill due to this specialization. I tend to talk to people like each future action is a step in a project to be completed, then relieve myself of the details of any task I don't play a direct role in. Sometimes useful, sometimes not. She gets a list of things done in the time it takes for me to make a plan of action but is overwhelmed more when considering the large and/or complex tasks and the time management involved, though is otherwise equally proficient. There's some synergy in there that we're still figuring out.