For most of us, cleaning is the worst. It’s tiring, time-consuming and stressful. On the other hand, living in filth is tiring, time-consuming and stressful. So what’s an exhausted human to do? Outsource! Yep, we’re talking about hiring a housekeeper.

Hiring help isn’t just for wealthy Great Salt Lake yacht owners. You might be surprised at how affordable it is. But before your American work ethic makes you feel guilty about asking for help, consider this: hiring a housekeeper is associated with a number of mental health benefits and will give you the most precious gift of all — time.

Here are five reasons you should consider doing it.

1) You are busy

Like most of us here in the Beehive state, you are a busy bee (actually, some of us are moths) and a tired one, too. Heck, your Google Calendar is so packed you’re considering hiring someone just to update it. Between your job, your family and about seven-million other obligations, you simply don’t have time to clean — unless you neglect some non-neglectable responsibilities like bathing. A housekeeper can keep everything running smoothly while you buzz around collecting pollen for the hive. (Or hover around a porch light. You gotta do you.)

2) You’ll get time to do other things

Say that you do, somehow, find yourself with a little bit of free time. Do you really want to spend that time scrubbing toilets? No, you do not. Hire a housekeeper and do something else with all those extra hours. Take your S.O. to the latest underwhelming Star Wars sequel. Plan that late ’90s hip-hop Christmas party you’ve been thinking about for a while. Makes some memes with your grandma.

And speaking of time, strictly based on your salary worth, you might actually be saving money by hiring someone. According to a HomeAdvisor report, a bi-weekly maid service costs between $85 to $155 for a 1300 square-foot single-story home. Provided it takes you eight hours to clean, the net savings you get from doing it yourself are between $10.60 and $19.30 an hour. It’s not that much money. You probably earn more than that.

3) You’ll be happier

There are plenty of first-hand accounts of people who have become much happier and less stressed after hiring a housekeeper. NBC News food and travel writer Dana McMahan notes that the “transformation in (her) outlook was remarkable.” This Minnesota Star Tribune article details similar experiences of other recent housekeeper-hirers.

And if you don’t believe us, or the people above, check out this study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which found that people who consistently spent money to save time reported greater life satisfaction than those who didn’t. This held true across nearly all social classes too, not just the elite.

4) You need help for special occasions

You’ve done it. You’ve booked Shaggy for your late 1990s hip-hop party and you need all hands on deck — and then some. Hiring someone to clean will give you more time to handle the rest of the prep: taking care of food and drinks, curating your guest list and contacting Shaggy’s agent. You can fully enjoy your own festivities instead of running around doing last-minute chores.

It will pay off when your guests are swept off their feet by the immaculateness of your house. Your always critical sister-in-law will be mute for once. Shaggy will ask you who cleaned your house; you’ll slyly reply “it wasn’t me!” and give him cleaning-services recommendations from KSL Services.

5) You don’t know what you’re doing

The same way that writing dystopian stories in a campus-library basement doesn’t make you Ray Bradbury, wildly swinging a mop around your house every other week doesn’t make you good at cleaning. And even if you’re not quite clueless enough to, say, mix bleach and ammonia together, your skills are still no match for a professional cleaner.

Maids and housekeepers have put in their 10,000 hours; they know every cleaning trick in the book. They also have an arsenal of professional-grade tools at their disposal which you probably don’t. Anything you can do, a housekeeper can do better and faster.

Conclusion

The bottom line: Cleaning ain’t easy but somebody’s gotta do it. Make that somebody be somebody else. If you’re hesitating on pulling the trigger due to financial reasons, make sure to consider all the advantages of hiring someone: gaining time, getting rest, and reducing stress.

If anything, get an occasional cleaning. It’s nice to be pampered once in a while. As Shaggy once said: “You’re a queen and that’s how you should be treated.” Thanks Shaggy! You always have such great advice.

Ready to let someone do all the work for you? Find a reputable housekeeper today on KSL Services.

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