I tracked how much time I spent managing my family's finances. What I found shocked me.
The author spends about 16 hours each month managing her family's finances.
Courtesy of Katherine Frankowski To understand what was consuming my time, I tracked everything I did in my off hours for one month.
I was shocked to learn how much time I spent managing my family's finances.
Coming to terms with the workload helps me take pride in it — and recognize its value to my family.
To better understand which tasks were consuming my non-working hours, I tracked everything I did in my off hours for one month.
I was shocked to learn how much time I spent managing my family's finances.
Coming to terms with the size of the workload helps me take pride in it—and recognize its value to my family. <body> A few months ago, I was feeling too busy, and I wanted to know why.
I knew how many hours I was giving to work each day, but where exactly were my non-working hours going? I decided to track everything I did in my weekday off hours for one month.
My most surprising finding? How much time I spent managing my family's finances.
It's an important but hidden role Tracking my weekday off hours confirmed some things I already knew.
For example, I knew I was spending a lot of time shuttling my three school-age kids around.
I also knew that housekeeping, meal planning , and grocery shopping were taking up big chunks of time, too.
But I didn't realize how much time I was spending on my family's financial health.
It's not that I didn't realize I was the one paying the mortgage or monitoring the checking account.
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