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It is important to have a mental model of what life admin is in order to be able to approach it in a more systematic way\n\nMia and Dinah start the episode by discussing how:\n\n * for most people, life admin is a blurry amorphous bundle of tasks - and with no mental model of the different categories and types of tasks is can be difficult to approach or share the tasks in a systematic way\n * their definition of Life admin - that it is not housework or parenting but it often overlaps; housework is defined as cooking, cleaning and laundry, parenting is about child-rearing and supports the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of your child; life admin is the third piece of the domestic labour puzzle - it includes the scheduling, booking, shopping, paperwork, and planning that often facilitates housework and parenting tasks, but also has its own areas of responsibility.\n * life admin is often conflated with housework and parenting and that can be\xa0 problematic because it can become hidden which is a big issue as life admin generates a significant portion of the mental load\xa0\n * life admin often gets more complex and time-consuming at the precise time you have less time to manage it - particularly having children generates a significant amount of life admin\n * their recent survey of more than 300 Australians revealed that\n * the average Australian does almost 500 life admin tasks each year\n * parents grapple with 33% more life admin tasks than households without dependents\xa0\n * 37% of people do life admin tasks for a parent or adult relative\n * most people think the reason their life admin is out of control is their lack of motivation and/or time\xa0 - but usually, the problem is not having the know-how or system and/or the lack of a scheduled time to do life admin\n\nThey discuss the cost of not having your life admin in control including:\n\n * spending more time than is necessary on it\n * wasting money\xa0 - it has been estimated that Australians are paying more than $11 billion in 'loyalty tax' by not shopping around.\xa0\n * cognitive load - stress, anxiety, overwhelm - worrying, scared of forgetting, monkey mind, brain chatter.\xa0\n * relationship friction - their survey showed that life admin causes friction in 85% of two-parent households\xa0\n\nMia and Dinah describe their framework for life admin:\n\n * that there are two types of life admin - everyday life admin that occurs cyclically or seasonally and event-based life admin (eg getting married)\xa0\n * that there are four categories of life admin and that these can help you prioritise and determine how you will share them in your household\n * household operations eg meal planning, decluttering, paying bills\n * personal affairs such as tax, super, other investments wills and health checks\n * comparison shopping for plans and policies\n * leisure and social planning eg holidays, Xmas, social life, kids extracurricular\n * think about life admin tasks by how much time is required to get them done -\xa0\n * Hour of Power - recurring slot in the schedule for chunky life admin tasks\xa0\n * 2 Minutes Too Easy - tasks to complete as they arise\n * 10 Minute Time Killer - tasks to complete in idle time - include them in a to-do list\n\nSHARE\n\nPlease head to the Life Admin Life Hacks Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Life-Admin-Life-Hacks-277520802977057/],\xa0 Insta [https://www.instagram.com/lifeadminlifehacks/] or Linked In [https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-admin-life-hacks] pages to connect with listeners and share your thoughts, questions or