What’s your mental load

worth in 2025?

Find out with our potential income calculator below.



1. How many activities/appointments do your children typically have in a week? Pls include sports, tutoring, medical, playdates, after school care, parties and any other activities.
2. How many hours do you spend meal planning each week?
0 5
3. Do you plan family trips, celebrations and holidays?

4. What is your annual salary? Australian median is $44/hr or $86,944 per year for skilled workers

How do we calculate this?
Families receive an average of 17.5 communications about each child's activities per week (source). This is multiplied by the avg time it takes to read, schedule and manage each activity. Managing trips, holiday schedules and family celebrations adds an extra 100 hours per year.

Your mental load:
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Weekly price tag $0
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How do we calculate this?
Families receive an average of 17.5 communications about each child's activities per week (source). This is multiplied by the avg time it takes to read, schedule and manage each activity. Managing trips, holiday schedules and family celebrations adds an extra 100 hours per year.

What can you do about mental load?

  • 🎈

    LIFT
    Ease your load with technology, there’s no need to be manually entering calendar dates and to-do lists or hunting through old emails and messages for event details. Tools like Gether can take care of the kid-admin.

  • 🧑👨👵

    SHIFT
    Make mental load visible. Talk to your partner or family and shift whole activities, including the management, to others so you can share the load.

  • ❌

    DITCH
    Try dropping activities and commitments that aren’t absolutely necessary or loved by your kids. It’s not easy but it does make a difference.

Gether can help

Our AI-powered app will sort, auto-schedule and remind you via SMS of all your family events and tasks. It’s one central platform accessible from any device for you, partners and carers.

No more manual calendar entry, no more missing crazy sock day. Just more time and headspace to focus on the things you love.

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“The SMS reminders  - I LOVE that, it’s such a relief. I don’t want to let my daughter down by not being organised, don’t want her to feel like she’s the source of stress in my life.”

Kirstin Hunter

“Gether has literally changed our lives. Child raising got easier. Logistics conversations less fraught. I silenced the endless WhatsApp mum chats—and feel like a better parent. It’s a life changer.”

Jen Dobbie 💖

“I can’t tell you how much I needed this. I haven’t missed a beat or found myself panicking the night before an event.”

Jules Smith