Are you having trouble delegating as a WAHM? Try this to get over it!

There’s a lot of talk about delegating out there, but how do you know *which* things you should delegate, and which ones you just need to make yourself do them and keep?

Here’s a startling new perspective for you on this matter, courtesy of Allie Casazza.

“I am just doing the work that I like doing, that I’m good at, and that has to be done by me. I’m able to say no thank you, delegate, to things that are not those things.”

So, she was talking about business here, and it’s totally true for that, but *I* want you to think about what would happen if you applied this principle to your #momlife.

Are you with me?

The first thing that “no thank you, delegate” thinking does is that it causes you to actually evaluate whether you *like* your chores.

I mean, we all have certain housekeeping tasks that we actually kind of like doing, as well as ones that we just flat out hate. (And then a bunch in the middle.)

So first off, I want you to list out those “actually like doing chores” on the left, plus line out the ones that you’d do almost anything to be rid of on the right-hand side of your paper.

Now, the second thing I need you to do is pay attention to the next part of what Allie says. “Things I’m good at.”

Are you actually *good* at everything you’re doing around the house? For your kids?

I want you to make a 2^nd list, this one with a left side for “what I’m good at” and a right side for “definitely not good at.”

Okay? See how this shakes up your day. Which parenting or schooling or cleaning tasks are you *actually* truly good at?

Third thing. I want your next list to be on “things that must be done by me.” (Your other side can be “things that don’t have to be done by me.”)

If you’re breastfeeding and not pumping, that one’s solely on you.

But if you are breastfeeding, but it’s mostly by pumping, then someone else can feed the baby bottles (of your breastmilk). The only chore *you* have to do is the pumping part.

Same for homeschooling. Are you the stay-at-home parent? Then you probably automatically assumed it was on you.

However. There are online classes, video tutoring options, and local co-ops that could teach your kids for you. It’s up to you to make the choice – time or money.

You see what I’m getting at here?

There are actually a lot of different ways you can accomplish the base task of feed your family or keep the house clean. Most of them involve paying other people money, or else taking up a family member’s time.

But *you* get to pick which you’re going for here – time or money – and which person you want to either pay or take up their time.

It’s all options here.

So. Bringing this around to your goals for delegation here.

What did you find out when you looked at which tasks you actually enjoyed doing, which ones you were good at, and which you’re the only person who *can* do them?

And what of the intersection among all three? (Just curious.)

Now you know which to-dos you need to keep – if you like it, are good at it, or are the only person capable of completing it.

All the rest? You can delegate.

So if you ever wanted to know which chores you should plan on outsourcing to your kids, or paying a mother’s helper to do for you, you just made your list.

Happy delegating!