Tracy has a great take on capitalism brain making us think that if we didn’t work 40 hours this week then we’re lazy. In many fields if you didn’t work 50 hours or more you’re clearly “unproductive”.

Her second reminder is that errands and chores are work. When one parent at my house is doing the bulk of the chores that frees another parent to work. If there wasn’t a parent that could do the work to keep a house running there wouldn’t be room for work for the other.