Jill Biden's Post-it Strategy Lightens Holiday Hosting Mental Load
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Jill Biden uses Post-it notes with tasks written on them to distribute holiday hosting duties and lighten the mental load. The author tried this at Thanksgiving.
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Posting tasks worked well for some helpful family members who did them without being asked. However, the author's mother went "rogue" and did unassigned tasks.
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The Post-its immediately lightened the author's mental load by getting the tasks out of her head and onto the wall. Jill Biden acknowledges this benefit.
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The author couldn't resist doing some tasks herself, even though the point is to delegate them. Jill Biden delegates the main dish but does everything else.
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Overall the Post-it idea is a "winner" for organizing and distributing tasks. The author equates it to the problem-solving power of Windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.