Doing housework feels like running on a hamster wheel and getting nowhere. Evelyn Lewin decides to make peace with it... Lately, I’ve been railing against the Hamster Wheel of Housework. You know, the old ‘cook, clean, wash, blah blah blah cycle’ that is like a never-ending loop of fun in our lives as parents. That hamster wheel sucks up a good majority of my energy and I find myself cursing it more and more often lately. Oh, I’ve considered ignoring the damn wheel. I have.