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Continuing on the previous idea of happiness by subtraction, what can you really do? I had this conversation with my wife the other day. She mentioned how much she doesn’t like to do laundry, cleaning and dishes.

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Based on the idea if subtraction, we should do our best to eliminate these tasks. Notice that nothing is being added to our lives. I am not suggesting we get cleaner, more dishes or more dish washers (yet).

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So what can you do? Here’s my rough framework. Keep in mind that I came up with it in about 15 minutes on a car ride so it may or may not be complete. I am likely to address the holes later. Long story short, you have 3 options:

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  1. Elimination
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  2. Automation
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  3. Outsourcing
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They are in a rough order of desirability. Option (1), elimination, usually won’t cost much if at all. It alleviates a lot of problems and adult responsibilities.

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Option (2) is great if possible. It may or may not cost you but aside from a little of annual maintenance usually frees up a bunch of time.

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Option (3) tends to be the most expensive one. However, certain things are simply cannot be eliminated or automated (although that’s changing).

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Regarding my wife’s biggest pain points, elimination didn’t seem to work but I could definitely think of some partial automation solutions that we will explore.

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