Comments on: Household Management: Determining Your Management Style

By: Rizo

Rizo — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:27 +0000

I'd say im a idealist/fireman: I try to keep things smoothly because i live with a slacker, but every once in a while the usual routine has to be amp periodically because i have to take up the slack of said Slacker.

By: imeverything09

imeverything09 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:07:05 +0000

I honestly couldn't even tell you if I have a can of peaches or not…I'm sure I do?

By: imeverything09

imeverything09 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:03:45 +0000

I think I'm tied with the Micromanger and the Steady One. I have to be completely organized or the world comes to an end. If I don't know where something is I have a mini break down. But, I'm very methodical with how I clean. I do every chore the same way, all the time. That's just how I've always done it. My parent or another family member taught me how to do it one way, and I never questioned another way. I clean thorough, when I clean, but I have to know where all my cleaning supplies are before I get started LOL I'd say my boyfriend is an Idealist. Although he does help far more than I expect him to really. The only conflict we have is that the way I do things is sometimes (most of the time) not the easiest, and I get frustrated when he has a new (and mostly better) idea of how it should be done. This throws years worth of practice away LOL

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:51:11 +0000

Uh, I think the spouse and I are *both* slackers/firefighters. This is trouble.

By: Joscelyn

Joscelyn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:28:27 +0000

depending on whether or not Im working outside the home or not im either the steadyone or fireman/slacker (contradictory I know) and my husband….is a slacker (identified by the piles of random stuff all over his desk)

when I have the time I have a routine and stick to it. unfortunatley when im working most of the time my apartment gets out of control untill I invite people over and then i go into the apartment must be clean 2 days ago mode! (just experience this yesterday actually as my inlaws really did come for a visit)

I do have my idealist moments as well, i have great plans for getting my whole apartment actually organized and not just clean (there is a difference) but never seem to get past the initial stages of implementation. I’m working on that however

By: gracie

gracie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:21:34 +0000

Lets see: i know where everything is — unless the children ask for something of theirs then it’s ‘i don’t know, maybe i ate it’ — of course i know where it is, but the point is that they need to take better care of their stuff!!!!!!!!!

i’m an idealist/firewoman/slacker — the worst kind of manager to be and i’m paired with children

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:06:27 +0000

I’m an idealist and I’m married to a slacker. Yes, I am eternally frustrated and my house is frequently a disaster area.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:57:38 +0000

I would say I am the Idealist, I am rally good at thinking up ideas and even half finishing ideas. I am married to a Idealist too… it makes life very interesting sometimes.

By: Annie Jones

Annie Jones — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:00:25 +0000

I’m a steady micromanager, but I can be idealistic at times and have put out my fair share of fires. My husband is always an idealist, but depending on the day he’ll also be steady or a fireman.

By: Rebekka

Rebekka — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:17:48 +0000

I’d say I’m an idealist who’s a little worse at actualising than most. (Housework doesn’t count if it’s only done in my head?!) I do, however, know where everything in the mess is, unless someone moved it behind my back. But I think that has more to do with my excellent spatial memory and less to do with actual micromanaging.

My husband is a steady one. So a little does get done.