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The household glossary

When you can name it,
you can talk about it.

A little shared language for the work of running a home. Start with the term that sounds familiar.

Find a term

The words behind the work.

Approvals

The points at which an action needs your review or permission before moving forward. Review the controls and permissions available for each connected service.

Aule membership

Access to Aule’s household experience, available with annual or monthly billing. Household purchases and provider fees are separate.

Closing the loop

Following a responsibility through to an outcome, then making that outcome clear. A reminder opens a question; a confirmed result closes it.

Cognitive household labor

The thinking work involved in running a household: anticipating needs, finding options, making decisions, and checking what happened.

A shared understanding

Recognizing together that the work of planning and remembering is real work. Earlier Aule writing calls one person in this conversation the “Convicted Partner.”

Default parent

The parent who tends to receive the questions, messages, and decisions first—and often carries the responsibility of making sure someone follows through.

Family operating system

A useful name for the routines, calendars, preferences, people, and decisions that keep a family’s life moving. Every household already has one, even if much of it lives in someone’s head.

Household coordinator

The person who keeps track of how household work fits together. Sometimes described as the “Household COO,” this role includes deciding what needs attention, not only doing tasks.

Household intelligence

Aule’s term for using household context to support planning, decisions, and follow-through across everyday responsibilities.

Household context

The preferences, routines, people, and details you share that help make a suggestion relevant to your actual life. Earlier Aule writing also calls this household memory.

Mental load

The ongoing work of remembering what needs to happen, thinking ahead, making plans, and keeping track of the result. It often remains invisible even when the tasks themselves get shared.

Household support

The people and services helping a household: family members, caregivers, contractors, tools, and assistants. Their roles and responsibilities are different, even when they support the same plan.

Presence

Having more attention available for the people and moments in front of you. Aule’s ambition is to make household help serve that end.

The work before the work

Everything that has to happen before someone can do a task: noticing the need, researching choices, making the decision, and arranging the details.

A little more room to live

Start with the work you want to hand over.Aule can meet you there.

Tell Aule what your week looks like. Start with the responsibilities you’re most ready to hand over.

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