I feel like my life is not nearly as out of control if my house is neat. So why is it messy so often? If I would just make sure to straighten it every day, then I would feel so much better. Sometimes I think when there is so much to do, it’s overwhelming, so I just do none of it, rather than take one thing at a time.
So, today, I did a lot of those little things. And it feels so good to come home from work to a clean house, and knowing that all my bills are paid.
My yard is out of control. But some neighborhood kids raked it today for me for a couple of bucks. Which made me happy and made me feel like there is one less thing for me to do.
I will never be the kind of girl who has it all together and whose house is spit-shined, which is okay with me. But I would like my life to be a bit more organized.
My name is Rhonda. I am blessed to live in a beautiful place out in the country with my wonderful husband. In addition to our "real" jobs (I work at a garden center and he is a teacher), we have a small farm where we raise vegetables, eggs and chickens to sell at local Farmer's Markets. We are currently fixing up/remodeling a house into which we will soon be moving...hopefully. In my free time, (what is that?) I enjoy traveling, cooking, crafty projects, reading and watching the sun set on the hills.
Hey Rhonda .. we are kindred spirits of a sort. Myself, I am not a very tidy person. I live in this tiny 2 room apartment and things get cluttered pretty easily. I have a quotation posted on my fridge by the guy who wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories.
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” – A.A. Milne
I’m the same way. I’m going crazy right now because my room looks like a tornado just blew through. (and a bedroom is all that is “mine” right now.) It makes me feel like my whole life is just a little topsy-turvy.
But then, I must always feel tospy-turvy, because it’s never all that clean.
Good quote, Chuck. That’s completely how I feel right now.