Is there someone else you could ask to do the jobs? Would it make him take notice if you were getting along fine without him? Either you doing the jobs yourself (independent) or having someone else in your life that could "take his place" and take care of those things instead of him? That might be a something different enough to shake things up a bit ... but I don't know your situation.
If you do plan on taking care of it, might now hurt to let it slip that he doesn't have to worry about it anymore? (Maybe?)
