Delegation Power

Problem: Overwhelming laundry

Solution: Delegate

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As the Mom of eight kids, I know exactly how overwhelming unending laundry and housework can be. 

How could it not be overwhelming?

Everyone I know wears their clothes more than one time, creating laundry, sheds dirt and dust in the same spaces, creating the need to clean and uses the same dishes again and again, requiring them to be washed again and again. As long as we're alive, we're creating work for ourselves and our families are creating work for us.

Let me tell you a laundry story. 

(The laundry room at Freedom Hill.)

When my oldest son was about 10 years old, I had five kids and was pregnant with the sixth. 

There were times I got behind on the laundry. 

One such time, said son came to me and said he wanted his laundry sooner than I was getting it done and asked if he could do his own.

Glory be!

Yep! Son, you can do your own anytime you want!

So, I taught him how, assigned him a day and he's been doing his own laundry ever since.

Delegation was born in the laundry room.

I had delegated other jobs before, but this one was a game changer. They all had chores such as setting the table, doing the dishes, vacuuming the floors, etc., but this was different. 

This was a personal responsibility that would not end.

As each child reached age 10, I turned their laundry over to them, taught them how to do it and assigned them a day. I saw my workload decrease a little more each year.....well, sort of....I kept having babies, creating more work. 

(But, for the record, they are worth it.)

Delegate for an easier time.

Delegate to get more done.

Delegate even if it means they don't do it just like you.

Delegate and let them develop their own style and systems.

Happy delegating!

~Tricia