Sentences with phrase «work is a chore»

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In many offices, people are sedentary most of the day working on computers or other desk - bound chores.

Because, as Lythcott - Haims told Tech Insider: «By making them do chores — taking out the garbage, doing their own laundry — they realize I have to do the work of life in order to be part of life.

It's that having your kids do chores doesn't necessarily wind up being less work for you as a parent.

The distractions that crop up in a worker's day might be slightly different in the home (chores, television, pets, errands and children were all listed as time sucks by the telecommuters who were polled), but interruptions at work are just as common.

That shift came as prime - age men contributed a few more minutes of housework, but not enough to offset the gap, suggesting that the tasks like laundry and cleaning are probably being outsourced, while online shopping is more efficient.As they spent less time on chores, women worked and slept more, the data show.

There's no such thing as being able to balance your work responsibilities, tasks and duties and your life responsibilities, chores and duties.

With employees to handle chores such as media production and copywriting, Shipp works just two or three hours a day when he is not traveling and generally takes off all of December and January.

When you aren't friendly with your coworkers, going to work every day becomes an unpleasant chore.

Exercise doesn't have to mean hitting the gym and working up a sweat — it can be walking around the parking lot or doing chores around the office.

Content creation can be a chore — if you don't know where to start when it comes to developing or distributing your work.

«Put simply, if your people don't view work as a chore, then they will work harder, make fewer mistakes and are more likely to become advocates for your brand.»

I like work flexibility because it allows me to be at home with my first grandchild, while contributing more to household chores and income.

The last thing you want is to neglect living your life and enjoying things because you find yourself spending long nights working at something that has become a chore and an obligation.

The chapters contain real - life illustrations of how apps can be used to automate chores at home, present solutions in a work crisis, build deeper relationships, and assist with self - care.

Another benefit of podcasts is the fact that you can listen to financial advice while you're on your morning commute, working out at the gym, or doing chores around the house.

If they aren't, then you're going to find that working from home is much more of a chore than you'd ever anticipated.

Every chore is holy, for as the old Protestant hymn says, «Work, for the night is coming.»

Luther even extolled the religious value of housework, declaring that although «it has no obvious appearance of holiness, yet these very household chores are more to be valued than all the works of monks and nuns.»

But in Mark, finding the donkey seems more like a delegated chore — somewhat akin to the worship committee meeting to plan the Palm Sunday service, one of those thousands of routine and inglorious details of church work that are necessary but not the real action.

It also is the time for working together on household chores and repair jobs, for making music together and playing together.

(Bukhari) «The best among you is the one who is best toward his wife» According to Aishah, the Prophet used to help his wives with domestic chores: «He always joined in household work and would at times mend his clothes, repair his shoes, and sweep the floor.

For instance, the so - called traditional family — families in which the father works outside of the home while the mother does the domestic chores and raises the children — is being profoundly altered.

Societal mores have been fine with children working, not just chores, on family farms and such throughout history.

When a family is self - sufficient all the chores are work, i.e. the main mechanism of producing the resources needed for living.

A choice of activities is available including routine farm maintenance, woodworking and metal working shops, and regular domestic and household chores.

Perhaps it's a regular program of school or work or household chores: get up, take a shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, prop yourself up with a little caffeine, head to whatever it is you do every day, then move through the regular routine.

In Christ, there is no such narrow descriptor of biblical women — dependent on roles and chores, job descriptions and marital status, experiences and unique circumstances, or quieting our wisdom and intellect and voices — when the majority of women in our world do not have the luxury of deciding whether or not to work.

Tommy works alongside both father and mother, sharing warmth and chores and conversation; he is the opposite of the «hurried child» that David Elkind worries so about.

Usually this looks like doing the easier things on my to - do list before the hard - hitting work chores, which isn't such a bad thing.

That just backs up the impression that a main meal is a chore to be worked through and dessert is a treat.

This is a very competitive industry, but you have to stay true to your work, even though that's an everyday chore.

I'm not talking about the daily chore stuff of laundry, dinner, etc but the work from home stuff, the I need to do this for me and only me kind of stuff.

Since I started working two weeks back, I haven't had much time to bake and off days are spent feeling a bit numb and catching up on chores and meal planning.

Cooking after a hard day at work can be a real chore!

55 % of working fathers share equally or do most of the domestic chores — and those whose partner does the majority of the housework are significantly more troubled by their work - life balance (Lancaster University Management School / Working Familiesworking fathers share equally or do most of the domestic chores — and those whose partner does the majority of the housework are significantly more troubled by their work - life balance (Lancaster University Management School / Working FamiliesWorking Families, 2010)

It isn't the solo parenting that I find particularly hard while he is away, it is doing all of my chores while also doing all of his chores, while also parenting and also working.

But since I worked part time — a plan we agreed to so one of us could be at home with the boys — and he worked full time, it made sense that I would take on more of the child and house chores.

You wake up one morning to find the stars have aligned — you don't have to work dash off to, errands to run or chores to do, the sun is shining and none of the kids have a runny nose.

Plus, I was working out of the house full time for the first time since my kids were born, and trying to juggle everything — parenting, chores, work — solo.

Problem is that I work hard and put in a lot of hours, so when I get home and ask the older kids to help out by doing small chores, I get the rolling of the eyes and the «why do I have to do it» thing.

Once Dad goes back to work it may be a bit harder for Mom to manage, but mostly babies are more settled in a sling anyway, so you can still get on and do chores etc with your little one tucked up in a baby wrap or sling.

Teach them to contribute through age - appropriate chores and they'll better appreciate what you do for them and what work is.

When I am at home and need to write or do school work or plan their school work or do chores, they are required to entertain themselves.

I have had 5 children so I'm pretty tired all the time anyway, even though I have a fantastic husband that does help loads with all the chores around the house it's still draining when you're with the kids all through the day whilst he's at work.

This type of rocking chair for babies is a great way to keep them busy while you finish your work and chores.

Your child will be more likely to get his work done when there's a clear list of chores right in front of him.

When my first was newborn, I also worked too much, including unnecessary chores (e.g. sterilizing the bottles for water and the pacifiers).

But, it's essential for teens to learn a good work ethic and completing their chores is just one step toward behaving responsibly.

I am very involed in every aspect of rasing our son since I work from home and provide most if not all of the household chores including cooking dinner every night.

It used to be that Sundays were sacred family time, and now some people work Sundays while others use it to get chores done.