I also understood Sol's point, but there's also the other point:
Paying cleaning person $75 every two weeks puts food on her kid's table.
Buying vegetables at the farmer's market keeps the local economy going, and the local kids fed, as opposed to the large conglomerates.
Eating organic, free range chickens and eggs from the local farms, same thing
I'm all for insourcing and being resourceful, but think about why you are doing it also. There are many many people in life, and here, who will want to tell you how to spend your money.
From neighbors who think I should spend $2k a month on local organic food. (Note: I choose to try and keep my budget to $400 a month instead. And I write a big fat check to the elementary school. My neighbor couldn't even afford $25 last year.)
From strangers who think I need to be donating "X%" to: developing countries, the food bank, the church, the animal shelter, cancer reasearch, etc.
From coworkers who think I need to be buying a bigger house, nicer vacations, better clothing, a Tesla
From members on this board who think that coffee is a vice and I should give it up, drink water, and donate the difference
Everyone has to make their own spending decisions.
Now on to the OP:
50 hours a week working, plus 56 hours of sleeping = 106 hours, leaving 62 hours for everything else.
I know how you feel. It's tiring, it's overwhelming. It's too much work.
I remember, after having my first kid, talking to my single friend about how she didn't have time to cook or do laundry, and I laughed. Because I didn't know the loss of "free time" until then.
Exercise: 30 mins to 60 min a day. Sometimes, up at 4:45 to swim at the pool for 45 mins. Sometimes a 30 min walk at lunch. Sometimes a 30 min workout DVD. Sometimes 15 minutes of pushups, squats, crunches, and weights.
Cooking: bulk cooking on the weekend. And reheating during the week. And when it's gone? You know, yesterday I worked 9 to 6, then went straight to a PTA meeting. Got home at 7:30 pm, then had to do some PTA work. At 8 pm...I went into the kitchen, washed a head of lettuce for my lunch, peeled/deseeded a pomegranate, made a cold butternut squash/apple salad with squash we cooked this weekend, and scrambled two eggs for a snack for today. Then by the time I was done with that, and putting away the dinner dishes so I could wash the lunch leftover dishes and the dishes I just made, it was 9 pm. And I kissed the boys (husband put them to bed) and went to bed.
Do I enjoy this schedule? No. But I do not have the luxury of working PT, as my job currently does not allow it. If I have to leave at 4:30 to pick up the kids, then I have to start at 7:30 am. If I have to be at work until after 6 pm for a meeting? Then I drop the kids off and get to work at 9 am.
On the flip side, I've worked out some flexibility.
I'm on the PTA board. I take off here and there to do chores for that. A few hours a week.
My son is in baseball and music. So sometimes I just leave to take him to practice.
I only work 40 hours a week these days. Maybe less sometimes.
Pre-kid, we did all our home stuff. We just set aside a morning for it.
Now, I totally admit we outsource cleaning.
We occasionally outsource home maintenance. (We do try to fix many things ourselves. After several hours, we will call a professional. Recently it would be broken AC - tried a few times, couldn't fix it. Also recently plumbing issues - we don't have a "snake" long enough to hit the problem area.)
Of course we outsource school and child care.
We were more mustachian before kids.