A balanced home

How to split chores fairly without a spreadsheet

Fair doesn’t mean equal minutes. It means everyone agrees the split makes sense, and can see that it’s holding.

1 min read · 18 October 2026

Start by listing every recurring job in the house, not just the visible ones. Then give each a credit weight from one to five. Taking out the bins is a one; deep-cleaning the bathroom is a four.

Let rotation do the remembering

For chores nobody loves, assign two or more people and turn on rotation. Casita hands it to the next person each time, so the question of whose turn it is never comes up.