Living alone makes small domestic decisions visible because nobody else absorbs them automatically.

In a shared household a hundred small tasks get done by whoever noticed first, and most of the deciding happens invisibly. Alone, every one of them arrives with your name on it, from the bin to the bulb to whether tonight is a cooking night. That is not always more work, but it is more choosing.

If you live by yourself, build a few standing decisions so they stop being fresh each time. Fixed shopping days, a set routine for the jobs you dislike. And if you live with other people, notice what is being absorbed for you before somebody has to point it out.