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One thing you can do at home is the cooking (including buying the food and the washing up). It is not hard to do if it is something you always do. Serve up a g

One thing you can do at home is the cooking (including buying the food and the washing up). It is not hard to do if it is something you always do. Serve up a great meal prepared from actual ingredients and enjoy eating it - plus the conversation that goes with it. If you can do this then you are likely to succeed at home. If you can make cooking something you enjoy then that becomes an 'inline hobby', i.e. something to care about, enjoy and look forward to doing. It does not need extra time. You can feel good about yourself for doing it if what you serve is well appreciated. But you have to do it as soon as you get in, put your feet up, watch teevee, allow an hour to pass and it all goes wrong.

MoosePlissken 13y ago
> But you have to do it as soon as you get in, put your feet up, watch teevee, allow an hour to pass and it all goes wrong. I totally agree with this. If I plop down on the couch right after getting home from a day of work, inertia tends to keep me there. I'll become almost annoyed that I'm hungry and begrudgingly get up to microwave something really fast. If I go straight to cooking and doing other chores as soon as I get home I tend to eat a much better meal and feel much more relaxed once I do sit down.
ItendToDisagree 13y ago
This seems great. But if you have kids and this is your main or 'only' interaction at home, you're going to miss out on a great deal of their lives while you are working weekends, holidays, etc. It is much better than nothing though. And loving your contribution is a great thing. Not arguing against just pointing out that children change the whole game (if you care about watching them grow up in a meaningful way.)