All that stuff my housekeeper used to do: Laundry, cleaning the house, cleaning the dog, telling people I'm not available, watering the plants, maintaining the stuff in the house That said, when given the opportunity to be lazy, I am lazy. The harder I work, the more I get done in all arenas of life, to a point. I really think that the American ideals of efficiency and productivity have been driven to an extreme and that we will continue to discover the extents of the negative effects for years. If I could eliminate one thing that I feel would benefit me I think it would be this ingrained cultural ideal of success. Note that many of those in the most "successful" positions in Western society are also some of the least satisfied.
Ah to have a housekeeper, a cook and a driver. I could get so much more done with a driver. That is one thing that if I had the means I would probably do is hire a driver. It would be a buddy that was down on his luck and needed a steady income. But driving is time wasted for me. I'm not particularly fond of it and it takes a good amount of time. Right now I drive about 5 hours a week. That is a TON of potentially productive time.Note that many of those in the most "successful" positions in Western society are also some of the least satisfied.
Lots of subjective words in that sentence. Not saying I don't think it's likely...
As much as I loved third-world living, it has its drawbacks. First-world living does too. If only labor could be both affordable and pay fair, livable wages in the first-world. Or conversely: if only the third-world had some of the things I love about the first-world. It's like waking up from a good dream and going back to sleep in the hopes that it'll still play the way it felt it was going to . . .