Is it possible?
Can your house be soooo put together and perfect that it sways into the realm of unhealthy?
I have been thinking about this lately.
I am a magazine junkie - 7 subscriptions - and one thing I have always liked about magazines and the beautiful, perfect homes in them is "well, these aren't real people...the house had help from a stylist for the photo shoot....it was professionally decorated.....these people have a ton of money....", etc.
But in blogland we have real people, with real homes, and real incomes.
And it drives me nuts when I see perfect, non-messy, clutter-free, sparkling clean homes. Especially when it is a home that children live in.
Because if she can do it, I can do it too. I should do it, right?
So I clean, and organize, and put toys away constantly, and put dishes directly into the dishwasher so that they never touch the sink, and clean the kitchen floor 3 times a day, and on and on.
And then I started thinking - why on earth am I spending all this time cleaning? And putting things away? And re-organizing things that have already been organized?
I mean, how important - in the grand scheme of things - is a perfect home?
IT'S NOT! Not at all. Actually, it is probably one of the least important things in life - in a happy life.
Don't get me wrong, I love having a tidy home and decorating and that will not stop. But the perfect-ness of it all will stop. I didn't clean up toys until bedtime today, the breakfast dishes were still in the sink at dinnertime, and I have 3 months worth of magazines sitting on the coffee table - because I like looking through them, especially when my husband is watching basketball. And guess what? I am still here, I still love my home, and my family still loves me.
Lesson learned.
How clean is your home?
Not as clean as it should be :) But that just means a family of 5 and 1 pup lives here!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! It's so important to be organized, but to also let your home be lived in. My friends freak out because I let my husband have two areas of our place that our completely his: his office and a huge walk-in closet. If he keeps it slightly disheveled, that's fine. I have learned to relax a little and just let him be. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat points! I had my fifth child a month ago and I am feeling like this more and more. I wish a cleaning fairy would come do all the work for me while I enjoy my baby.
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing! Get on a kick where I must be organized like "those people." Then I get over it. It's my house. It's a happy house and a Godly house. That's what's important.
ReplyDeleteAs a SAHM, sometimes I feel like my house should be spotless. Then, I remember that I am a stay at home MOM- not a stay at home MAID. My job is to enjoy my children as they grow. I have to remind myself of this often. There will be a day where I wish I had littles to make my house messy, so I'm not gonna stress about it now!
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