To ask if you’re a higher earner, what do you outsource to give you more time?

[butterpears]

I have the opportunity to take on more consultancy work, which is quite lucrative as I am in a very specific field. I have done a smaller amount of this in the past. If I do it I will realistically need to outsource as much as possible to free up time. The costs of this would be more than worth it in terms of what I can earn.

My thoughts so far are to get a cleaner (we had one in the past but not recently), get my hair blowdried once a week (I have difficult hair that takes ages). My DH does most of the cooking and food shopping, I do most of the laundry and life admin. I’m struggling to think of more that I could outsource because I tend to have a fairly frugal mindset.

What do you outsource if you can use the freed up time to bring in more money?

If I could afford a cleaner who would also change the beds and stay as long as needed to clear the ironing pile each week I would definitely do it. If they’d do name labels and sew badges on Scout uniform that would be fabulous!

A gardener - again flexible hours so just a mow of the lawn most weeks but other seasonal jobs as and when needed including hedge trimming and planting some fruit and veg

Car cleaning on a regular basis

personal shopper

obviously in your line of work an accountant to help with the tax returns.

I have none of these and am unlikely to ever be able to afford them either.

we do have our shopping delivered and that’s great in terms of meal planning and reducing waste while saving time.

I don't think there's much else left besides what everyone has said.

The basic things to outsource are cleaning, shopping, gardening, oddjobs around the house (DIY, pool maintenance, etc), cooking, PA for errands and other life admin, driver or taxis. That's most things covered. It's really not rocket science.

Look at what you need to do and hire someone to do it - it could be as and when needed or on retainer basis.

Cleaner, dog walker, ironing, food shop delivery, hello fresh or the like / healthy food prep companies

To be honest, once people start listing things like "insurance" and "booking school parents' evening" as 'life admin' it does become laughable bollocks because they're talking about things that take a few minutes once (or so) per year. That's why people sometimes roll their eyes at 'life admin'.

(OP listed extensive accountancy stuff under life admin which is totally different level of admin and obviously much more time consuming than 10 mins looking for car insurance every 12 months.)

Sex.

Cleaner once a week. We sometimes send the ironing out if it piles up. We have a gardener come in a few times a year. A lot of handyman / bigger DIY type jobs.

😂too late....

Cleaner every week. Mine changes sheets and irons too.
Online shop, sometimes food boxes.

I was going to say exactly this, thank you @CagneyAndLazy

we hardly do life admin because we've automated so much of our bill payments via online banking. Council Tax, utilities, car tax, insurance (do a market scan once a year which doesn't take much time), credit cards (pay off in full each month), which just leave food to buy each week,

I agree

Sorry I didn’t say I pay my friend! £15ph and she comes 2 x a week while her parents have the children and if any problems with childcare etc I don’t mind.

I was going to say maybe cleaner/housekeeper for more hours or even several times a week to keep everything running smoothly and take care of laundry, ironing and some of the daily tasks.

God, we outsource as much as humanly possible. So.....

Cleaner
Gardener
Mobile car valet
Eat out most days and Marks & Spencer's convenience food for when we don't
Window cleaner (does inside too)
Local handyman for DIY jobs
Private GP services

Money doesn't ever buy happiness but it does buy you a massive amount of convenience.

Recommend buying a robot hoover
You can also turn it on via your mobile phone remotely

Cleaner

We have a cleaner and a gardener. If I could find someone local to take on ironing I would. Online food shopping and a gousto delivery every week which takes care of meal planning.