Being a Stay-at-Home Parent Is a Luxury … for Your Spouse

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6. Indeed!

I worked freelance from home for years. Took care of all the shopping and cooking, the vet and car maintenance visits, a host of other little things. Both my spouse and I took my handling of these matters for granted.

But now I'm working full-time on-site (as well as trying to continue with a separate freelance project), and struggling with managing time for all those things. I try to cook some meals for the week on Sunday night, but as I adjust to this new reality, I realize something will have to give or I will fall into chronic exhaustion. My husband doesn't cook, so that means more take-out or more processed food. Appointments have to be carefully scheduled, or not at all. My home office is a mess because I just don't have the time or energy to tidy it often. I'm losing sleep because of all the responsibilities piling up that I just can't get to.