Making Life Easier for Busy Parents and Professionals
Busy parents and professionals are looking for ways to make their lives easier. Solutions include Instacart+ accounts, ordering groceries the night before, and making meals from scratch. Additionally, childcare can be made easier with the right resources.
Amanda Natividad
Tweets on marketing & creating. VP Marketing @sparktoro. Contributor @adweek. Prev. @growthmachine__ and @fitbit. Former test kitchen cook @latimesfood.
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Parents/busy people who work full-time:
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
What are some things you pay for to make your life easier? To make childcare easier?
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Some things I pay or plan for that make my life easier:
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
- I just got an Instacart+ account. If you use a Chase Sapphire Reserve card, 1st year is free.
- Grocery order placed the night before, delivered early AM. Mix of fresh and prepared items. (Shoutout to Whole Foods' split… -
Meals: I went to culinary school so of course I make it hard on myself. But I keep it fairly simple!
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
- Family of 3. Almost always cook for 6-8. Serves multiple meals. We eat a lot of spaghetti. Whatever.
- Once a week, we do instant noodles. I like Neoguri. But add tofu,… -
Re: Personal chefs…
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
If I could figure out how to get costs down to $80-$100/week (maybe if that means it covers 6-8 meals per week) I’d probably do this. https://t.co/bpzRy17cyX -
Re: personal care and cleaning…
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
If a blowout lasted me longer than 2 days, 100% I would get my hair done regularly.
We also run our dishwasher every night. Tried skipping when it was only half-full and it threw off the following day.
So hubs and I clean kitchen every night:… https://t.co/Z28wjYSQG8 -
Re: Fractional childcare…
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat) April 4, 2023
I love this childminder idea! Sort of like a babysitter, but their role would be to handle pickups or drop offs, taking the kid to the next activity, etc. https://t.co/9HFfBwoFzR