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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 106 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The trick is to live in a big public space together with all your friends and share the labor, the rewards, and the love. Then reap genuine enjoyment and physical/emotional growth from the work you're doing while you support others doing the same.

The problem is when you forced to compartmentalize the tasks, with the expectation that "exercising" and "working" and "socializing" and "eating" and "cleaning" are all distinct activities you micromanage. Living together with people you enjoy spending time around goes a long, long way towards killing many birds with few stones. Then making and eating and cleaning up food isn't something you do distinct from hanging out and relaxing. Biking around gets you energized and sends you where you need to go. Many hands make light work of seemingly onerous tasks. Hell, sharing a shower with your partner(s) can be as intimate as it is efficient.

But all of this is predicated on a foundation - social roots you build up over years/decades. Every time you change schools or look for a new job on the other side of the country or having a falling out with family/friends or switch housing leases because the rent went up or chase a new zip code because the school your kid goes to sucks or watch a close friend or old neighbor do the same, it fucks everything back up to square one.

People who have this close-knit, long-term social circle and don't need to constantly uproot themselves can "do it all" easier than the folks who are told to endlessly hustle in search of that next nut.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 54 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Translation: people that aren't forced to live in isolated boxes and work in isolated boxes have better lives

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 26 points 3 weeks ago

Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes made of ticky tacky

https://youtu.be/XUwUp-D_VV0

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Too bad the only way to achieve this currently is joining a fucking cult

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago

Not a bad idea actually. "Join my cult, it's just a social club I swear 😅"

[–] justlemmyin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

A fucking cult you say? 👉😏👈

[–] kozy138@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Look into co-housing communities or eco-villages. There are ways to do this even within our overly bureaucratic system.

[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Do those communities just accept anyone in your area? In all the cities I’ve lived, you have to apply to these communities with a desired skill from a list; it’s necessary for filtering out people who think making lattes and doing tarot readings are key skills.

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't help that I don't particularly like most people I meet and living with or close to anyone other than my own family has been hell everywhere I went.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 77 points 3 weeks ago

Because it was taken from us. We used to divide labor, taking care of the home was considered a full time job for 1 adult.

Now here we are. Where it now takes 2 incomes, or frankly more, to raise a family and have a home. Now you have no time to do anything and purchase more expensive convince items to try to claw back time.

1 income should be enough if they want us to start having kids again

[–] tyler@programming.dev 76 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I lost my job a few months ago and so I’ve had an inordinate amount of free time and it made me realize the same thing. Even with essentially infinite time I can’t get everything that needs to be done, done.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your time may be endless but your fatigue level won't care.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago

great quote!

[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Things that need to be done" is a gas-state that grows to fill the volume of time that you have.

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 54 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the neat part, I don't!

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah the secret is not staying on top of all of these at once but finding a good balance

[–] hayvan@feddit.nl 27 points 3 weeks ago

It's impossible because we are social animals. We are evolved to live in tribes and extended families. We are trying to achieve things alone that our ancestors achieved in groups of up to 100 people. Rugged individualism is killing all of us.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The best way to manage life is to just rub one out to extreme German pornography every time you complete a task.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Is rubbing one out considered completing a task?

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And thus an infinite regression was born

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Germans aren't going to like this...

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Depending on the method it may be considered exercise.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Depends if you get distracted by something on the internet that isn't porn half way through.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who says people do? My house is clean and I spend a lot of time with my friends. But I still don't have the time to work out and I haven't worked for 4 months.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

When I was in my last relationship, it was always a struggle between spending time together or going to the gym.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Split the house chores between a partner, meme and doom scroll social media while at work, exercise at home or nearby. Don't have the energy to keep in contact with most people all that often though. Get what sleep I can.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And always always always poop at work

[–] odelik@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

But work doesn't have a bidet and has sand paper to wipe with.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We dont but if you spend your life energy at a company, they are very grateful and you may get a watch after 30 years of service.

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago

"Here's all the time you'll never get back. Now shoo so we can pay someone younger less money to do your job."

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

We aren't.

I cook, my husband cleans. So we both eat. Cooking for everyone else so I do remember to eat too.

I work out because I prioritize it. Same with sleep. Let other things slide if you have to, I promise they won't slide as bad as if you don't work out and sleep.

We have someone come and clean every other week so it doesn't get too far out of control.

And not good at keeping up with people, oh well. I'm not really someone who collects people like that, though I have some friends who do, so got collected, lol. But we have parties once in awhile and catch up at those, or at least hang out.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What you describe is accurate for non-wealthy, mid-class and above.

It's working as designed.

It's hard. And it's an ultra-nightmare setting playing irl with ADHD on.

[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks ago

It's even worse when you have one or more small children. When they're awake they need most of your attention and when they're asleep you can finally try to undo all the chaos they wrought.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 16 points 3 weeks ago

Now imaging having children on top

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Do at least two at once

Have enough space

Use company time to do all of them

Nothing about the American lifestyle helps with any of this.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

I think most people don't. I live in a small house with my wife, no kids, and even that gets overwhelming somehow. Some days are just lost to work, cleaning, and maintenance.

We do aim to have at least a couple of days a week where we don't have to do anything at all. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, it doesnt take long for burnout to set in.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

We don't. For a couple of years I am working in organizing my life much better, but it is still not possible to do everything.

[–] Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Actually it's because there are days I do absolutely absolutely nothing. That is how I recharge to prepare for the next set of active days.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't. I don't take showers. And stopped going to the gym cuz no time.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Most people don't. Social media makes it seem like they do, but most people's lives are at least somewhat messy.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck them normies! One task per day only gang for life!

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Don't watch tv or play video games. Shit post online while "at work."

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Easy just cut out exercising, cleaning and sleep ymmv

[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just don’t be lazy, obviously

/s

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's simple, I'm not.

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