by Deidra Romero posted in Parenting

It?s a fact: You actually can buy happiness.
A new study released in June revealed that paying for time-saving services can actually increase happiness and overall life satisfaction.
The study is based on the idea that time famine (a lack of time) is draining and even unhealthy for people who are busy. According to these new findings ?feelings of time stress are in turn linked to lower well-being, including reduced happiness, increased anxiety, and insomnia.?
I don?t know a mom who doesn?t deal with time stress. Since women still carry the brunt of the load when it comes to domestic duties and childcare, the thing we lack the most is time.
But when you pay for time-saving services such as lawn care, a housekeeper, and food delivery, you are preventing the stress of time famine.
And all the mothers in the world rejoiced. Because we have known this all along. It?s about time science caught up with us.
The mental load we carry is what weighs us down creating stress, anxiety and sleepless nights. Personally, there?s nothing more satisfying than taking something off my plate.
For years I have felt guilty about having an on-again-off-again relationship with my housekeeper. I will hire her for a few months, then decide that the guilt is too much and I can do it all on my own. But as a work-at-home-mom, my time is scarce. I go through seasons where I find I have to make a choice: feel stressed out and tired or hire help.
I?m so over feeling ...