Great ideas so far guys. I never thought of applying the 80/20 idea and trading services. The bartering thing is also a good idea. Maybe I should find a girl who will willingly trade her cleaning services for my kissing services
Just kidding.
The problem with batching for cooking and cleaning is that things spoil, or the house gets dirty over a steady amount of time. Batching doesn't work as well for such things. Grooming, for example: I can't batch all my showering into one long shower on Sunday (unless I want to be known as the stinky kid on campus). I could implement batching to a greater degree than I do now though.