TIP 17

HIRE A HOUSEKEEPER

       Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative—these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.

ANGELA DAVIS

One quick and easy way to clean up your act is to get someone else to do it. If you love cleaning the house, this suggestion is not for you. However, if you are like me and don’t particularly enjoy scrubbing the toilet, even if you could find the time for it, then hire a housekeeper. I didn’t think I could afford to hire a housekeeper. After graduation, I was paying off credit card debts and student loans, living in a small one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. I was brought up to do chores, and my mother never had a housekeeper. I resisted this idea and kept ...

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