<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-GB"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://youtine.app/blog/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://youtine.app/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en-GB" /><updated>2026-08-04T18:40:37+00:00</updated><id>https://youtine.app/blog/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Youtine</title><subtitle>Notes from Youtine on sharing the mental load — routines, shared tasks, and everyday plans for families.</subtitle><entry><title type="html">Welcome to the Youtine blog</title><link href="https://youtine.app/blog/welcome-to-the-youtine-blog/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Welcome to the Youtine blog" /><published>2026-08-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-08-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://youtine.app/blog/welcome-to-the-youtine-blog</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://youtine.app/blog/welcome-to-the-youtine-blog/"><![CDATA[<p>We started Youtine because of a quiet, familiar feeling: that one person in a household is usually holding everything in their head. The appointments, the forms, the shopping, the birthdays, the sports kit. The remembering.</p>

<p>This blog is where we’ll write about that (the <strong>mental load</strong>) and the small, practical ways families can share it.</p>

<h2 id="what-you-can-expect-here">What you can expect here</h2>

<p>We’re not going to add to your to-do list. Expect short, honest pieces on things like:</p>

<ul>
  <li>How the mental load actually gets divided (and why it so often doesn’t)</li>
  <li>Gentle routines that hold up on the hard days</li>
  <li>What we’re learning as we build Youtine</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="why-it-matters">Why it matters</h2>

<p>Research from the University of Bath and University of Melbourne found that <strong>71% of household mental-load tasks fall on one person</strong>. That imbalance is invisible, which is exactly what makes it hard to fix.</p>

<p>Naming it is the first step. Sharing it is the next.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Share the mental load, not just the tasks.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>More soon.</p>]]></content><author><name>The Youtine team</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A little corner for writing about the invisible work of running a family, and how to share it.]]></summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://youtine.app/images/og-image.png" /><media:content medium="image" url="https://youtine.app/images/og-image.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></entry></feed>