If I Don’t Do It Myself, It Doesn’t Get Done - His Side

A multi-part blog series highlighting the mental load women feel being the household CEO while their neurospicy partner says, "Just tell me what to do!" This series tackles the frustration, the fights, the endless to do list and the love (and gainfully employed individual and couples therapists) that keeps everyone together.

By Mike Lester, MacKenzie’s Husband Extraordinaire, a willing participant in his wife’s antics

A Husband’s Perspective on the Mental Load

The world’s greatest mom, wife, and therapist, MacKenzie Bradke Lester, asked me to write a complementary post from the other side of her post “If I Don’t Do It Myself, It Doesn’t Get Done.” I am the ADHD-brained husband who wants to make sure he’s doing right by her and our household but can’t seem to notice the things that need to be done (at the appropriate time and without instruction).

Interestingly, the very request for this composition sparked a thought about the subject for me.