When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Basically, it's hard for me to assess myself, a hardship not only prompted by the immodesty of the enterprise, but because one is not capable of assessing himself, let alone his work. However, if I were to summarize, my main interest is the nature of time. That's what interests me most of all. What time can do to a man.
You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.
A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.
Let me say this: I think men are a full-time job, and I'm young and I already have one job. I'm just focused on my career.
I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.
I think women - relative to men - tend to feel that they have to do the household chores on top of everything else. This becomes even worse once you have kids. It's enough to have a full time job; a full time job plus a family is even more.
We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.