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Step 2: Consensus

Next, you have to work together to agree on how long things actually take to do. This page shows you all the responses where your estimates were different. You’ll need to come to a consensus to proceed.
Below are all the tasks when you and your partner gave different estimates to the number of hours the task takes.
←
Alisha
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estimated more hours →
Emily
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estimated more hours
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Click the “Agree” button to agree on a new estimated # of hours. Remember, you’re looking for the total number of hours it takes to complete a task for the week, not the total of hours each person puts in.
Consensus on Hours
8
Task
Compare
Consensus
Agree
1
Childcare
Emily: 6 hrs / Alisha: 8hrs
​
Agree
2
Cleaning
Emily: 5 hrs / Alisha: 2hrs
​
Agree
3
Cooking
Emily: 4 hrs / Alisha: 3hrs
​
Agree
4
House Maintenance
Emily: 3 hrs / Alisha: 2hrs
​
Agree
5
Laundry
Emily: 3 hrs / Alisha: 2hrs
​
Agree
6
Transportation
Emily: 5 hrs / Alisha: 4hrs
​
Agree
7
Waste Management
Emily: 2 hrs / Alisha: 1hrs
​
Agree
8
Eldercare
Emily: 6 hrs / Alisha: 4hrs
​
Agree
9
Car Maintenance
Emily: 2 hrs / Alisha: hrs
​
Agree
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Still more to do: finish the table above to continue
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Next, agree on the split between tasks

The below chart indicates differences in the perceived split in workload between you and your partner.
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Remember that in these estimates 0 means “
Emily
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does it all” and 100 means “
Alisha
⁠
does it all”.
Now, decide what the true split between the work is. Remember: at this time you are agreeing on the current split, not the ideal or target split of work.
Consensus on split
8
Task
Split
Consensus Split
New Conensus
Agree Split
1
Childcare
Emily: 50/50 vs Alisha: 60/40
000
50
Alisha 50/50 Emily
Agree
2
Cleaning
Emily: 90/10 vs Alisha: 70/30
000
60
Alisha 60/40 Emily
Agree
3
Cooking
Emily: 30/70 vs Alisha: 80/20
000
80
Alisha 80/20 Emily
Agree
4
Financial Management
Emily: 30/70 vs Alisha: 70/30
000
30
Alisha 30/70 Emily
Agree
5
House Maintenance
Emily: 80/20 vs Alisha: 60/40
000
70
Alisha 70/30 Emily
Agree
6
Kids Clothing
Emily: 80/20 vs Alisha: 20/80
000
70
Alisha 70/30 Emily
Agree
7
Laundry
Emily: 20/80 vs Alisha: 60/40
000
40
Alisha 40/60 Emily
Agree
8
Social Planning
Emily: 90/10 vs Alisha: 80/20
000
70
Alisha 70/30 Emily
Agree
9
Transportation
Emily: 30/70 vs Alisha: 70/30
000
70
Alisha 70/30 Emily
Agree
10
Waste Management
Emily: 80/20 vs Alisha: 20/80
000
40
Alisha 40/60 Emily
Agree
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Still more to do: finish the table above to continue
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