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" Researchers are giving you a scientifically-backed excuse to be a little lazy. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Family Psychology, cleaning up around the house after work prevents your body from reducing levels of the stress hormone cortisol. This in turn makes it really difficult to chill out and decompress. But not only does putting away laundry or washing dishes keep you from relaxing; Time.com also notes that &amp;quot;consistently high cortisol levels appear to lower our resistance to physical ailments, and some studies have suggested that they can even lead to early death&amp;quot;. Of course, it&amp;#039;s not as black and white as: do chores right after work and you&amp;#039;ll get sick and maybe die earlier. (Though feel free to use that logic when you&amp;#039;re feeling guilty about vegging out in front of the TV instead of cleaning after a long day.) The scientists discovered that there was an exception: though women felt stressed when they did housework alone, their cortisol levels (and therefore their stress) decreased if a significant other was pitching in. Do you notice that you feel stressed when you do chores around the house right after work? Do you prefer to do them before work? Or just on weekends? When your guy pitches in, do you notice that it has a positive effect on your mood? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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