Too much stuff to do

[jack]

I constantly feel like I have too much stuff to do. That completely shouldn't be the case, unlike most people, there's nothing particular which is a giant problem, but I feel inadequate to take care of all the normal things. Especially, anything I've not done before, even if it's really little, I find very hard to do because I expect it to be a giant bureaucratic nightmare and I'm scared to start.

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[jack]

Actually… ringing up the same people again is almost always my first option.

Well, yes, that makes sense :) But it seemed it hadn't turned out that easy.

It has to be said that personal assistants sound a little… bourgeois for me!

Oh yes, me too very much. But I was thinking, I'd much rather have more time than more money, to the extent I'd consider working a four-day week -- but I'd much rather spend an extra day coding than an extra day doing bureaucratic faff, so it would be more efficient if did the coding, and someone else specialised in the faff...

[gerald_duck]

Ah! You mean a housewife? :-p

[jack]

Pretty much, yes, exactly. So many things, eg. delivery companies, assume everyone has a stay-at-home-spouse, which I can hardly believe. But as long as I don't have children, a full-time house minder is probably overkill. (I'm not sure if there's any appropriate concept somewhere between "virtual assistant" and "house spouse")

[gerald_duck]

The trick there is both to be able to accept deliveries at the office (for anything that's a one-person lift and can fit in a car) and to have the option of working from home once in a while.

Presumably the plural of house spouse would be hice spice?