Collab with THE PURSE: "Only after her husband quit his day job did their division of labor start to feel fair"

Division of Labor No. 14: An illustrator and a basketball coach raising 2 school-aged kids on Cape Cod

Today, I am thrilled to share a crossover post/collab with the smart, talented, down-to-earth Lindsey Stanberry of The Purse—a publication that talks about money, motherhood, career, and more.

I was pumped when Lindsey reached out about doing this together because I’m a big fan of hers! As the founding editor of Refinery29 Money Diaries, her writing focuses primarily on women and money, but as a “working mother” (that term—barf! #allmomsareworkingmoms), she writes from the lens of a mother who understands what it takes to make it all work (or not work, depending on the day).

Anyway, this piece was published on The Purse [earlier today] as a part of Lindsey’s Division of Labor series, which I find fascinating:

In this series, Lindsey has couples track their time for one day in order to shed light on how partners are dividing the household and parenting labor. I tracked a Saturday back in late January and here’s what happened…