Monday, 3 March 2014

to outsource..

Confession time again.....

If you could outsource any part of your life, what would it be?

oh the mind boggled...

I think I have settled on..housework! I know I am a single person who lives alone but I really really despise housework.

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Oh so true! Also for the reason listed above, I can't quite justify getting a cleaning lady. Now it's not just the cleaning that I despise, in fact, that's not so bad as, around here, it really doesn't need to be done every weekend. I also hate doing the laundry, it seems like such a monotonous task that is just constantly repeated, wash, hang, fold, put away, wear, repeat... And throw in there iron and man it's annoying! There are days where I deliberately avoid wearing certain items because they require ironing and that requires getting the iron board out of the cupboard...*yawn*... Boring! Could think of a million other things I'd rather be doing!

I think it comes down to my whinging about never having enough time so when I do have some the last thing I feel like doing is cleaning. I am the sort of person that walks in and drops whatever is in my hands on the kitchen table or on my office desk. It is a bad habit that I am trying to break! I am the sort of person that does more cleaning in the 10 minutes prior to a visitor arriving than I do all week!

Recently a friend of mine became a Norwex consultant and I got roped into having a party offered to host a party after attending her launch party. She was an awesome salesperson and I ended up purchasing more than I thought I would, all with the promise of making my life so much easier and cleaning quicker (and better for the environment! Bonus!), But a few weeks on I am yet to use a lot of the products and am still trying to convince her to come be my cleaning lady and use my place as a 'model home' for her products! lol...

So while I could 'outsource' this part of my life, at this stage in my life, I think it's a bit of a waste of money!

What about you? Are you a housework lover or hater? What part of your life would you outsource?

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16 comments:

  1. Oh I am a definite hater ... it wasn't too bad when I was on my own and where I used to live was pretty small with fairly good storage space but this place, with two of us nothing fits and there always seems to be mess. Hehe I am also a do more cleaning just before the arrival of visitors than any other time. I would love to outsource cleaning and any other boring monotonous household task oh a paying for groceries and fuel can I outsource that to?

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  2. I've yet to come across a person who loves house work but they may exist. It's just that I'm fairly certain I'll never be friends with them. We wouldn't have much in common. I've never heard of Norwex products, but I guess that's not surprising lol.

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  3. I'd love to get a cleaner in once a week, alas the budget just doesn't stretch that far at the moment. I can keep things reasonably tidy but dusting and cleaning bathrooms just don't rate high on my priority list!

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    1. Oh yeah definitely NOT on my priority list either! Lol..

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  4. I just bought a Norwex starter kit, totally suckered in. I hate cleaning too but since I am the only in my family that does the cleaning Norwex sounds utterly fabulous. Ironing is the pits, but I must admit a big fan of doing the folding up whilst I watch catch up episodes of my fave tv shows :)

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    1. Yep Jaz, that's exactly when I do my folding as well... It's the putting it away I struggle with! Lol...

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  5. Yes, I would love to outsource all the yucky jobs to give me more time for the fun ones like baking and gardening :)

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  6. I really don't mind housework (I didn't when I had a much bigger house though). If I were to outsource, I would outsource my ideas to someone and get them to implement them. I have loads of ideas and not enough time to implement and it drives me crazy.

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  7. Oh my goodness I am a converted lover!!! I though the same - waste of time and we also had such a small apartment it didn't make sense. But OMG - not to clean toilets and have more time to spend with your kids - I would recommend to totally outsource

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  8. Yep outsource the housework and the pool cleaning and the occasional school drop off, how about shopping can i outsource that? annnnndd getting petrol can someone come and fill up my car i really dont like that job?
    anyone of those would be good lol
    found via One Mother Hen! x

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    1. hahaha... I think I've decided that I hate laundry the most! Washing, hanging it out, getting it off the line, folding it, putting it away! Takes up SO much time!! Cleaning I can usually knock over pretty quickly!

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  9. A cleaner sounds awesome, but my house would look like a bomb hit it and hour after they left with the kids! So I would think it would be a waste of time, I'd consider it for my toilet and bathroom though!
    A personal chef would be the go, I'd have to win the lotto first though I'd reckon :)

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  10. I refuse to buy things that need ironing..and if they do..well they will just have to do without. I hate housework and avoid it like the plague.

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  11. That ecard rocks! My problem with getting a cleaner is that I would find myself cleaning up beforehand so it didn't look so bad...I'm hopeless when it comes to delegating and outsourcing!

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    1. Yes I think I would be the same Kirsty!! There was an ecard about that as well!! "I get more cleaning done in the 15 minutes before the cleaner arrives than I do all week" or something to that affect! lol..

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  12. Oh I hate housework - hate it with a passion! I will even try to buy clothes that don't need ironing just so I will spend less time in front of the iron. Best. ecard. ever. :)

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