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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to keep unhelpful feedback to yourself.

When a roommate or partner or kid performs a task, you're best off thanking

them rather than critiquing how they did it. In other words, if it's done, it's right.

Now, I know my listeners and if you are listening to this podcast,

I'm betting that you have a clear vision of how you want your household to run.

You have high standards, you value efficiency, you've

no doubt thought a lot about logistics and the best possible way to do things. But right now you may have more responsibilities and less help at home than usual.

If grocery shopping or other household tasks felt like a black hole of time before this year's pandemic? Well, they may be even more time-consuming now.

So with increased demands in a challenging environment, we need to be realistic about what

we can do and sensible about how we share responsibilities.

A lot of households have rethought chores and I think that's great.

Of course there's an inevitable side effect.

After reallocating chores, your partner, kids, or roommates may be responsible

for tasks that, well, in your opinion, may not be done perfectly. You may be tempted to coach them on how to fit the most dishes

in the dishwasher, or you may be inclined to demonstrate how to fold shirts. Your partner

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