Home life is your chosen lifestyle during your time at your place of residence. For some this includes caring for families, and it can include caring for pets. For some it is a place to escape the world and enjoy being alone. Life at home varies widely, depending on the person’s family, hobbies, or level of financial security.
To have a more satisfactory home life, think about what makes you happy. If you want love and companionship, think about the type of person you would be happy sharing your home with. Knowing what kind of person you are looking for makes it easier to recognize them when you meet them.
Another way to add quality to your home life is to find a house or apartment is a setting that fits your needs. Some prefer living in big cities, others want to be in the suburbs. Others like rural areas or farms.
Do you want to go home to your spouse after work, wake up to your dog every morning, or have space to do your hobbies on the weekends? These are all achievable goals. Just look what is missing, and then make a plan to manifest these things for yourself.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with home life. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Home Life
- Carrying cement buckets down a sandy hill… So hard! It was frustrating because I wasn’t quite strong enough to carry the bucket with ease, and the cement splashed up onto my leg, and the bucket made bruises on my leg, and while I was attempting to walk down the hill I continually unpredictably slid down the hill. What an adventure!
- Clean my home over and over because my dogs tail is bleeding he has a condition called happy tail and the tip of his tail cannot heal properly because he keeps wagging it. It is frustrating because I feel terrible that my dog(Frank) is wounded because of how happy he is ? Also I just want to enjoy the time I have at home with my dog(Frank) and my Kids and Husband instead of cleaning.
- Clean up the endless muddy footprints of the many dogs who live here as they trapise in and out of the house all day in the rain and mud. Just when I sit down to get something done, another dog wants to go in or out, so it’s more mud, more cleaning.
- Deal with the guy whose house we bought, who wasn’t ready on settlement day and who came over on subsequent days. Frustrating because I felt like he was really inappropriate and seemed to have a relational style in which his ‘befuddlement’ was actually a way of getting others to pick up his responsibilities.
- Decide when the right time to put down my terminally ill cat is. We know she’s dying so it’s hard to know what the right thing to do is. She’s on chemo and has ups and downs. As soon as we think we’ve made one choice she’s better or worse depending. I just want the best thing for her and I don’t know what that is.
- Do the dishes more than my fair share at home and have to decide on what to make dinner… These things are frustrating because I am not just cooking dinner for myself otherwise I would live off of a very small variety of dishes but I cook for my boo who is way more picky than I am but still doesn’t offer many ideas on what I should cook.
- Had to straighten out a bill with cable company. Paid the bill, had a receipt that said I paid the bill. Got a message on my computer there is a problem with your account call this number. Number is for some mortgage company. log into my account it says my payment was unable to complete the transaction. No phone number anywhere. Dig out a paper bill, call the number, spend 15 minutes on hold and another 15 explaining to a very nice customer support person who has no record of my ever having tried to make a payment and wants to charge me $5 for doing it over the phone. On hold another 5 minutes while she checks with her supervisor, finally allowing me to make a payment.
- Have to wait on getting a new phone , my dad told me I was getting a new one in a “couple day’s” , and its been 3 , its killing me , I need a new phone , my finger are to fat for the one I have now , I need a SMARTphone back
- Having to put away my laundry. Having my dad repeat, “Put away your laundry!” His voice is so damn annoying. My mom doesn’t do the laundry all at once. She does little chunks at a time, so there is always laundry to put away. My dad just doesn’t get it. We don’t know if there is any laundry to put away too. We don’t go in my parent’s room every single time. I bet he’d forget to put away his laundry if my mom were to leave them in our rooms.
- I am still trying to get my apartment complex to renew my lease. I have been asking for the new release for a month and every time am promised that I will have it the next day. This is frustrating because no one is following through on their promises and I am having to check back repeatedly.
- I guess it was trying to memorize and internalize the the advanced playlines of the Ruy Lopez. It’s an opening strategy in chess, very old and elaborate, lots of stuff to get down. While it’s incredibly interesting and sti,ulating, all the variables involved made my head spin. Somewhat frustrating, though extremely enjoyable. :)
- I guess it would be having to walk my dogs. I love them to pieces but one is so tiny and loves to smell everything that it takes him 30+ minutes when it could be done in 20. The other one is so darn strong that he pulls me along for the first two blocks. By the time I get done walking them, I’m worn out.
- I had to babysit five kids the other day, ages ranging 11-1. It was chaotic. The older kids (who shouldve known better) didnt listen or do as they were told, instead they kept running off to go hide or start playing again. And it didnt help that the baby was a little fussy. By the end of the day I felt like my head was going blow off.
- I had to clean the microwave in the kitchen in my dorm, because there was food spilled and splattered everywhere. It was disgusting. I cleaned up the kitchen when it wasn’t my mess because I had to heat something in the microwave. People need to clean up their own mess. It’s not fair to the rest of the people in the dorm.
- I had to take down my tv and my gamecube and my cable box and everything. I was fine with that because I had to do it so I could get some new furniture. so after I got my new furniture I put everything back up and hooked all the cords back up but then, the piece was dammaged so they had to replace it and so I had to take everything back down and then they brought the wrong piece of furniture so I had to put everything back up and a few days later they came back to replace it and they brought the wrong pieceagain so I had to take everything down and put it back up all over again and they still didnt bring the right piece of furniture.
- I had to throw out food that hadn’t gotten eaten on time, so it was beyond it’s “eat” date. This frustrates me because I try to be frugal, and have healthy food available for everyone at home, but chips, cookies, etc. seem to get eaten first when I provide fresh, home-cooked solutions.
- I hate it when I get gum on my shoe. People.put your own damn gum away! But it’s OK if I happen to get a chance to catch up on the latest office gossip; bring it on! Oh yeah, and when the fruit in my yogurt was supposed to be sweet, but tastes tart instead, god I just HATE that. Not that I am a needy, or high maintenance person or anything. I just happen to know what I like, and too bad if I need to throw a hissy fit to get people’s attention. I mean really…
- I have two little kids at, I was trying to study, the oldest refuses to sleep, so I did I had to turn off the light put them in their room and tried to study in the dark, it was fustrated because I could not really see to study and if I turn the light on they will wake up.
- I live with room mates and I am constantly cleaning up after them. I suppose this would be the most frustrating thing I have had to deal with at home in the past couple of days. They have a small child, so my frustration stems from the fact that they confuse my kindness for weakness…I have no problem pulling my fair share, and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone a little extra help…but when it becomes expected and people start using you instead of appreciating what you do for them or occasionally helping themselves, I draw the line.
- I most recently had my car serviced in Madison and had to drive through the 5-6 inches of snow that had just fallen. The city doesn’t start plowing until the snow stops falling so there were tons of accidents and traffic snarls. Luckily I made it to the appointment on time…but Winter has gotten very old.
- I need my roommate to pay their half of the rent for this month, she still hasn’t and its due in a few days. This annoys me oh so much because I like structure and I don’t like to put things to the side when they can easily be solved and finished quickly and now.
- I think that the most frustrating thing I had to do was I was able to go to PAA on Monday but the person who was taking me couldn’t go so I had to find another way to get there. But it took me almost 2 hours to find someone that could take me. I was super duper thankful to be able to go and I felt like I had accomplished something when I found a way to get there because usually I would have just given up.
- I was ringing for a low level tf2 team. Trying to get the team to cooperate but them only feeling that I was condescending to them was a rather difficult experience. I like all the guys on the team but there is some drama with some players wanting me to start and cut one of their core guys.
- I’ve had to move my daughter and mines belongings into a storage unit due to our landlords selling our property. My disability check showed up a month and a half late and at the very last minute. So in one day, I had to rush and find a storage unit, a rental truck, movers, clean the old apartment, and move important items to moms. We sleep on a hard uncomfortable cement floor. I think the frustration is self explanitory.
- Moving furniture with my fiance over the past 3 days to create a living situation where we can have our household items in a central location. The frustrating part has been a lack of help. We are doing this alone for the most part and in a time crunch because our wedding is April 19th.
- My dog, a puppy, is still being taught how not to bite, he still does. Usually it doesn’t hurt very much, but sometimes, his teeth break through the skin, and that hurts. I get frustrated with myself (and the dog) because I forget to tell him “No” when he bites…. he has only broken through my skin once today, but I’m still angry at myself for not teaching him.
- My most frustrating thing ive done this last few days would be having too deal with all kinds of traffic when I am driving it really does irritate me when drivers just cut in front of you like earlier I was at the store and someone honked their horn at somebody because that driver wasnt paying attention when he was pulling out I really hate that.
- One of the most frustrating things I had to do recently was trying to fix my laptop’s FPS problems. After I had downloaded a mod for one of my games, one of my other game’s FPS dropped significantly from 45 to 10. I decided to delete the mod but the problem persisted and this has been going on for a while.
- The hardest thing I have done in the last few days is played baseball. It is a phisicly and mentaly stressful and It is the most complex game in the world. It has so much going on to in between each pitch the hardest part of the game is you are set up to fail.
- The last thing I did that frustrated me a lot was oversleeping. I was very mad at myself when I found out that I woke in the late afternoon and all my plans were ruined for that day as well as my sleeping schedule because when there was time to go to bed again I was not tired at all.
- The most frustrating thing for me would have to be the fact that I have to tell my children to turn off the lights and not waste power. Its frustrating because it gets old to tell them over and over again, and I don’t want to pay the extra cost for nothing.
- The most frustrating thing ive had to do in the last few days was to wait around for a gas engineer to come and fit a smart meter only to discover after 3 hours of no power that it was unable to be completed and they would have to come back and do it all again.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do in the past few days is change the way I’m going to live my life for the next six months. The next six months are going to be very difficult because of a poor choice I have made. This is going to be frustrating because I have lived my life like this for more than three years now. I’m anxious about the next six months and staying on the right path, and I’m going to be relieved when it is over and I can breathe a sigh of relief.
- The most frustrating thing that I have had to do is deal with roommates who are not respectful of the space or responsible to take care of the things they are supposed to. It is frustrating because I want to live in a peaceful and clean place but there is not much that I can do and it is hard to confront the people that you live with especially when they feign innocence about everything you confront them with.
- The most frustrating thing that I have recently gone through was last weekend. I was in my room about to watch a movie. I had my glasses on, but I decided to take them off for some minutes to go and do some popcorn. When I got back to the room I was like crazy looking for my glasses. I couldn’t find them anywhere in my room, I was so fustrated, how was it possible to loose something in just a couple of Seconds. I looked for them for a long amount of time. What was even more fustrating was when I finally found them in the kitchen on top of the table. I did not realize I had taken them to the kitchen. It was so fustrating how I always loose little stuff just in seconds!
- Waiting on bus stop with heavy shopping bags, it was cold, the buses were running late, when arrived the driver stopped 100 yards away. I picked my bags and started running towards him and he shut the door in front of my face. I am sure he saw me because we made eye contact, but he drove away pretending not to see me. I lost my cool at the time and shouted loudly
- We are currently building our first house and dealing with the contractors can be very frustrating. The most frustrating part of the process is to follow them up to rectify issues. It is ok if things get resolved even though it takes longer than it should be, However, the bad customer services and attitude are not acceptable.
- We have two guests from Australia who are here for the next 1 week. The air-conditioner unit in the room which was meant for them broke down just before they arrived. Suffice to say, we need to keep them cool especially in our current more-humid-than-usual weather. As a result, I have been sleeping in the room without the cool air. This has been a challenge to adjust and I am very tempted to think badly of their presence. Nevertheless, this is helping me to minimise activities before sleep time. With the extra time, my mind has more time to zone down before sleeping, hence, calmer and more relaxed.