The Job At Home

Lockdown has taught us so many things. It paused our fast moving lives and gave us opportunity to see the other side of it. It gave us an opportunity to focus on our hobbies and interests. The most important teaching of the lockdown was to be Atmanirbhar (self-reliant). It taught us to DIY (do it yourself) everything. During the lockdown, some of us were doing work from home but most of us were idle with no work. And in the absence of maids, the workload of ladies at home doubled. Moreover, this pandemic has added one more chore to the list, the chore of sanitizing anything and everything that comes in the house. Above that, the demand for restaurant like dishes.

Job At Hand

Man, the job is more exhaustive than you can even imagine! Managing home is one of the toughest jobs in the world. I believe as your firm is an institute, home is also an institute. A man spends most of his day at the place where he works. He comes home to rest and relax. At workplace, he will adjust according to the conditions provided but at home, he expects a clean and hygienic atmosphere, good food and organised space. To meet these expectations, women of the house, work tirelessly from morning till night. Men can’t even imagine the number of chores women perform to meet their expectations. Yes, maids help them but just the act of delivering tastiest food possible exhausts them. Even managing maids is not easy. So it is our job to provide a helping hand at home.

Mindset

If being a man, you still think that sweeping or cleaning or any other chore of house is not your job then consult a therapist, you need to change your mindset.

#ShareTheLoad

Sharing the load of household chores is not only our moral duty but it is an opportunity to take the bond to the next level. Your help will decrease the frustration of women in the family. In fact, they will be happy and the effect of that happiness will be felt in the taste of food. #ShareChoresMultiplyLove, the formula of relationships can’t get simpler than this. You can start with any chore you like. In my opinion, start with the laundry.

It is simple. Collect the dirty clothes from different rooms of house, arrange them near the washing machine and fill the water in washing tub. Then ask your mother or wife or sister to wash and drain the clothes. Lastly hang the drained clothes under the sunlight. In this way, you can #ShareTheLaundry.

Since day one of lockdown, I have been sweeping, cleaning the stuff, ordering the groceries, sanitizing all the things entering in the house and sharing the laundry with mom in the above mentioned way. I always wanted to share the load at home but due to work, I wasn’t getting the time. In lockdown, I got the opportunity and I grabbed it with both the hands. I will continue to share the load as much as I can even after the lockdown.

As a man, you won’t get better opportunity to be Atmanirbhar. The feeling after helping women in the household chores is amazing and I would like to get that feeling again and again.

I will #ShareTheLoad and help in household chores in association with Ariel India and BlogAdda