You save 11 days a year if you order food instead of cooking

Money has been deducted from my account but I don't need to look. I already know.

It's that damn Uber Eats.

My husband and I are quite the ordering team, especially since we have two kids to take care of. Before the boys have eaten, bathed, played, and pooped and peed, we are so tired that we can only flop down on the couch and order a bowl of sushi with three clicks on our phones. Or a bowl of ramen. But it turns out it's not that bad for us, except that it's a shame about all those deductions. And that with the shares in Uber Eats, I could have bought a Chanel bag or three by now. Anyway. Don't think about it.

On average, you would spend 45 minutes a day doing groceries and cooking that food, eating it, and cleaning up your kitchen. The dishes, loading and unloading the dishwasher: count it all up. So if you don't cook, just never, that saves you 315 minutes a week, which is good for 5.25 hours. Per month, you easily save 21 hours, and if you add it all up, you end up with a neat 11 days over a whole year to do other things while actively avoiding the kitchen. To binge-watch Netflix for example.

But seriously: 11 days? That's a vacation in itself. It's 273 hours for yourself. And I recently read that mothers with young children have an average of 1 hour and 7 minutes a day for themselves, so if I gain 273 hours for myself with that takeout wok, well, then I suddenly have peace with that. Because a little relaxation – you understand that yourself – makes you happier as a person.. Money doesn't make you happier (really not), but time does.

Would Uber Eats have a subscription for mothers of two? I would find that quite nice, as a regular customer. It's just an idea, you know. And especially order that pizza this weekend. It's an investment in your own happiness. By the way, if anyone is looking for a spotless kitchen: I still know something.