Seven Household Tasks You Can Easily Outsource

By Author: Jesse Whitehead
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Most of us work hard all week long on the job, only to come home to a boatload of work on the weekends. It seems it's all work-all the time, with little or no time for play. If you would like to have some extra time to do things that you want to do, rather than have to do, then do what many businesses do - outsource your work to someone else.

Outsource the chores you hate to do, or those that drain your energy. You will improve quality of life. You will have more free and leisure time. You will have more time and energy to focus on the things you really want to do.

Here are some typical household tasks that you can outsource:

1. Altering clothes. Hemming pants and skirts, letting out or taking in clothes that do not fit quite right, sewing on buttons, etc.

2. Laundry. You can hire someone to come in to your home one day a weed to do laundry, or you can take your clothes to a drop-off laundry service.

3. Ironing. Even if you decide to launder your own clothes, you may consider hiring someone to iron your clothes, especially if you have many clothes that need to be ironed such as ...
... business suits, dress shirts and blouses, skirts, etc.

4. Yard work. This can take up a huge amount of time on the weekends if you have a large lawn to mow or a large landscape area filled with shrubs, flowerbeds, roses, trees and so forth. For some people, doing yard work, mowing the lawn, tending the flowers etc, is a way to relieve stress and relax; but for many others it's just another chore that they would rather they didn't have to do. If you don't want to do yard work then hire a lawn maintenance service.

5. House Cleaning. Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, toilets, showers etc., are tedious and time-consuming tasks that must be done regularly if you want to have a clean home. Hire a cleaning service to take that job off your plate and free up your spare time for something else.

6. Home repairs. If you're not very handy with doing repairs and maintenance around the house, hire a handy man to do it for you.

7. Personal Tasks. Hire a part-time personal assistant to help you with things like paying bills, balancing checking accounts, keeping the books etc.

In conclusion, this list is by no means all-inclusive, but is intended to give you ideas of tasks that you can successfully outsource. "Get a life" and free up your time for things you really want to do. The amount of time you free up may more than make up for the money you spend on outsourcing household tasks.
Jesse Whitehead enjoys writing articles on a variety of subjects. One of his latest interests is in satellite phone rentals. For more information on how to rent a satellite phone, visit SatellitePhone-Rental.com