- Make equipment checklist for Michelle’s product photo shoot this weekend, make sure all equipment is ready and accounted for - Add bills to our calendar that I’m taking off her plate, and reconfiguring my budget to make room for them - Familiarized myself with our new payroll software and set up a new payment schedule for Michelle so direct deposit goes through after her weekly check from her client gets deposited - Planning ahead for when I’ll be visiting family on the east coast for a few weeks next month so Michelle will be able to manage work and taking care of the dogs without me around, including cleaning, dog walking, etc

- Remember to fill and pack her daily medications & vitamins in the morning and keep track of the counts of her medications and let her know when something needs to be refilled - Kept track of where our CPA is at with our tax prep including checking on filing deadlines, as well as signing up for small business payroll service and getting his advice on how to manage payroll & employee taxes. - Prioritize daily tasks and manage my schedule in time blocks so I can plan for when to work from the laundromat while I wash everything the little demon puppy peed all over - Come up with a plan for how to organize and downsize our full storage unit so I can fit our two window air conditioner units in it until we need them next summer

On any given day here is the minimum I do for my wife: - Pack Michelle’s lunch - Keep dogs away from her while she gets ready (This happens in multiple stages, they’re attached and they like to be all over her) - Feed & Walk the dogs - Park Michelle’s car for her when she gets home (we live on a small one way street)

1. @Ben Blayney 100 pts 2. @David Perlow 97 pts (I may allow to fix his day that we submitted 4, but only scored once, which would tie him up for first) 3. @Joshua Nelson 84s 4. @Ryan Muscott 67 pts 5. @Bryan Schollenberger 38 pts 6. @Helmuth Cote 36 pts 7. @Mike Macchiarelli 35 pts 8. @Eduardo Martínez 34 pts 9. @Christiaan Van wyk 28 pts 10. @David Locke 26 pts Who is going to partcipate int he October Challenge? (Identifying your own mental load/in Mental load basics and the other groups, women can share what their partners carry for mental load)

Congrats Ben Blayney from the Mental Load Mastery Community for scoring 120 normal points and tying with David Perlow, and winning the tie breaker with 57 bonus points. (By scoring more than 4 on any given day) How to participate in October Challenge: -Post daily up to 4 specific things that you manage the mental load of in your home, job, family etc. -Ideally use bullet points in your posts for me to score quickly> -Bonus 20 points for any other members you add to the community, they will need to introduce themselves and mention you are the one that brought them in here. (Low hanging fruit, bring your partner in here along with your sister in law, your brothers and your dad, and your mom) 21 Day Challenge, may the mental load naming begin!