Articles by Amy Shankland

We’re continuing our series on reducing our mental labor with a recent focus on lightening the load of housecleaning. Last week we talked about how to share this labor with…

We’re continuing to discuss how to lighten our mental loads around housecleaning. Of all the articles I’ve read on this subject, I was impressed to find one written by a…

This week we’re continuing our discussion about how to reduce the mental load of housecleaning. I mentioned that I’ve hired someone to do a deep clean of our home once…

This week we’re finishing our discussion about how to reduce the mental load of home maintenance, repair, and upkeep. One option is to eliminate some of these tasks altogether if…

We’re moving on from how to lighten your mental load in finances to another area of our homes – home maintenance, repair, and upkeep. This column topic could almost be…

We ended last week talking about how to lighten your mental load when it comes to taxes. Today we’ll talk about daily or weekly financial tasks. I’m a big fan…

Many of us start our post high school, college, or military lives by renting an apartment, condominium, or house. The home ownership rate in the United States has declined somewhat…

As most of you know, I’ve been talking about the mental load in this column over the past two months and how it creeps into almost every area of our…

Last week I talked about how the mental load creeps into our vacations and hobbies. But what about the millions of people who often can’t enjoy either? I’m talking about…