Comments on The Family CEO: A Painful Decision

I have a cleaning woman come to my home once every...

2007-06-17T09:01:22.787-05:00

I have a cleaning woman come to my home once every two weeks. I pay 80 dollars and it is well worth it. I consider it less money than therapy. I don't do floors very well and the house being in order keeps me happier and less stressed. There are many ways in which i can save money and i plan to get better at it. But having clean house keeps me saner. Actually, i have never been as good a housekeeper as I would have liked.

Also I find I am more inclined to get into other projects around the house with the house clean. If the house is clean i can get involved with keeping the closets less cluttered and so forth.

I've wanted to hire out the house cleaning for yea...

2006-06-25T17:10:25.686-05:00

I've wanted to hire out the house cleaning for years just because I love a clean house and I dislike the cleaning and find I don't have much time. But now that I can afford it and just can't part with the money. I keep finding some shortcuts that help though. Such as keeping a toilet brush/holder by each toilet w/ lysol already in it. I can just swish the toilet every couple of days. Then I keep a big thing of disinfecting wipes in each bathroom to wipe down the sinks. It helps so much.

Housecleaning has always been my downfall. I did ...

2006-04-13T10:19:06.226-05:00

Housecleaning has always been my downfall. I did find an online support group and they have awesome ideas and provide the encouragement I need to daily stay on track and do those formerly depressing chores like "shine the sink". Ck it out at Flylady.net and meet your fairy godmother of clean :)
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It doesn't sound unreasonable at all, Claire. It's...

2006-04-11T21:51:12.180-05:00

It doesn't sound unreasonable at all, Claire. It's just a matter of what you want to spend your money on. If you'd really like to have one I know you will someday!

I dream of having a housecleaner. My spouse and I ...

2006-04-11T20:42:39.720-05:00

I dream of having a housecleaner. My spouse and I are both pretty terrible housekeepers. Maybe if I'm really good and save save save save save, by the time I retire I can afford a housecleaner once a month or so.

Sounds unlikely, doesn't it?

I do have the time available so I consider it a sa...

2006-04-10T16:54:11.416-05:00

I do have the time available so I consider it a savings.

I dont like your math. It is misleading to take y...

2006-04-10T16:45:42.603-05:00

I dont like your math. It is misleading to take your savings and compound it out for 20 years.

Besides, the real way to look at this is to compare your savings to the opportunity cost you will have to pay.

The house will still have to be cleaned. Presumably you will do it. If you have time to spare, then fine, this is a windfall savings.

But if cleaning the house will detract from other money making or money saving activities, then you need to consider the opportunity cost and ask what you are really saving.

Whoa! Those are some serious numbers! Congratulati...

2006-04-10T15:47:18.253-05:00

Whoa! Those are some serious numbers! Congratulations on the aggressive financial decision. Very cool.