Articles by Amy Shankland

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…

Surely, we can get away from the mental load when we go on vacation, right? Or through our hobbies … if we actually have those with all that is going…

We’re continuing to explore reasons for our increased mental labor this week. Last week I ended my column talking about how celebrations, though fun, can add to our mental load….