[kaidon]

I have felt very much like this in the past, but no so much any more. .. my thinking is:

Some things are just part of the responsibility of being a grown up. Home maintenance, driver for children, doing taxes, etc. These are your baseline priorities that you don't get to choose.

Some of these sound like they occupy a rotating priority slot. House and car purchases do take a big commitment and require prioritization (especially if you build) but they are temporarily a priority. It is usually your choice to make these a priority, and they are rare.

Keeping a smaller priority list means saying 'no' to more things too, like being 'tech support geek for wifi and computer issues' or vehicle maintenance. These priorities are fully under your control.

[1auralynn]

Not to mention that some of these things get easier once you have the skills for them. E.g. I've been buying my own health insurance on the open market since I was 22 - now in my early 40s, it takes me maybe an hour or two to fully compare a handful of policies and choose the best one for me and my family (even doing calculations, etc). This is vs having to immerse myself in it for a whole evening (4-5 hrs) and then agonize about it for the next week or so like I used to do back in the day (and only for myself)