Comments on: Household Management: Determining Your Management Style

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.

By: NGS

NGS — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:48:16 +0000

Other people don’t know exactly how many cans of peaches there are in the pantry at a given time? I’m. . . a bit bewildered by this news, actually. I guess I’m a micromanager. Interesting.

By: ThatBobbieGirl

ThatBobbieGirl — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:42:19 +0000

I can say, without hesitation, that I am an Idealistic Fire(wo)man MicroManager type.

I am great at making plans and coming up with ideas. Occasionally, I get things implemented for a whole week at a time! But I usually get things done on a putting-fires-out basis.

However, I am one hoopy chick who knows where her towel is, as well as the rest of her stuff. If you use my stuff, (which I do not mind) you’d BETTER put it back where it goes, coz not knowing where my stuff is at drives me crazy. (And you wouldn’t like me when I’m crazy.)

By: Darla

Darla — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:45:12 +0000

I’m the micromanager married to the idealist. Miracles are an understatement my friend. (built 3 houses in 10 years).