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I am in the same position, working full-time in a semi-demanding job, with a wife, son, big lawn to mow, etc.

Keep the job, keep the wife, keep the son, outsource the lawn.

Of course--but at least for me, I don't have enough spare cash flow to outsource all the handyman stuff. And if I did, I've found that the time cost of finding someone and managing them can be at times almost as much as doing it myself. So I end up paying more for a very small savings in time.

Actually, our current strategy is to stop watering the lawn and have a big patch of dirt in the front (our area has a drought). :) Disadvantages: dirt tracked in the house, neighbors hate us.

But I just bought a John Deere riding mower!

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