Domestic Brilliance


isn’t this the coolest wall art ? flickr image credit


I created a system for domesticity in my home when I started my home based business. Otherwise I was making calls while dusting or doing dishes while slients stopped by. Didn’t seem very professional to me.  I decided to decide WHEN is a good time to do the laundry, the dishes, the vacuuming vs letting the tasks be a constant distraction. That way when it’s 2 in the afternoon and that pile of laundry is calling me to wash, or fold. I let it go until the designated time. 

I call this Domestic Practices.  

At many levels this really system works. However sometimes it doesn’t. Like if I get caught up in a work project and don’t do the dishes, then the mess of that is pretty looming the next day.

Additionally there are the other domestic duties; things that don’t fall into everyday maintenance or the basics that also become looming.

These “others” started piling up recently – the fridge, the baseboards, finger print control, bathroom cabinet, the blender had reached a point of no return and the caddy that holds the kitchen spatula and other cooking utensils was truly discusting.

I kept looking or passing by these things in my every day and saying oh yeah I gotta take care of that and it just wasn’t happening. I then thought if I turned it into a domestic “project” ( I do those on Sunday’s ) maybe then it would get taken care of, but then I thought how long it would take me to do all of the things and I didn’t really want or feel like spending my entire day off domesticating. ( sortof like that’s OK when your in the mood – but not when you “have” to. )
 
I decided to tackle one of the many things individually, so that each day I would pick just one thing and take care of it. 

As each thing got taken care of – one day at a time – a smile came to my face as well as an inner satisfaction

I decided it was domestic brilliance.

Plus the blender is all shiny now


Voice activated blenders? Flickr image credit

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This entry was written by Karen Hanrahan, posted on August 29, 2007 at 12:53 pm, filed under Random and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

2 Comments

  1. Karen J.
    Posted September 14, 2007 at 4:37 pm | Permalink

    Hooray for your shiny clean blender!~~~~~I was about to inquire if you wanted/needed a replacement? – ‘Cuz I am finally *actually* (not just thinking about) “letting go” of bits of clutter-stuff that are truly not useful in my home and life!And the blender that came with the husband (and hasn’t been used since he was a bachelor, if then!) is a prime candidate for “letting go of”.But then, the “Circle of Think-ness” kicks in – “Or, should I start *Actually Using* the blender?!”~~~~~(And continued with “should I actually post this?” – I wrote it on the 29th, then put it in Draft – today, two weeks later, “Hooray!” is still valid (duh!), so ~ here ya go!Sunshiny Bright Beautiful Day Blessings!Karen J.

  2. Karen Hanrahan
    Posted September 15, 2007 at 6:37 am | Permalink

    bravo to decluttering and drafts – your toooo funny.

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