I am a freak when it comes to cleanliness,like an OCD queen. I used to and still do in my mind, run after every dust particle in my house. If you close your eyes and can imagine, you would see me wearing a dirty tee,raggity pants with a cloth in one and a colin in another,with a microscope and also managing my list of things to clean.
I never had time for anything, i would send the kids to school,while doing that i would make a list of things to clean in their room, like "dam,the socks are peeping out from the rack" or "i have to get the tee shirts sorted color wise" and so on. Even while typing this i am looking at the bathroom door and my mind is like " i have to get up and clean the bathroom floor".
then i got pregnant for the third time and dad fell ill, so there was no time to clean the house, in between my hospital visit and dad's and then we had family walking in and out of our house every week. so my home turned into a nightmare for the OCD freak in me. For the first few months i tired to dust every nook and corner of the house and make sure the home looked amazing.
And then the toll and stress and the laziness took over. so slowly i managed with what i could and with whoever was doing that work for me. that i when i realized how much time i had in my hands. I was not working round the clock like a maniac,but i was resting well. the best part was was my mind was at ease. I did not have this constant voice in me,saying " you have to do this,you haven't done that". It was liberating, it was holi all over again. my home looked colorful with the crayons and the books all over. my husband for one was very happy,he would always tell me "rest and relax when you can,nobody is going to take away your happiness,just cause the house is not clean".
so that is what i do these days, i relax and tell my tiny brain cells to do the same, the time i invest in vigorously cleaning is in invested in writing this blog,sleeping,doing nothing and very soon some big time yoga. this in between handling two school going kids and an infant and my parents and the every encouraging hubby whose motto "stay clean in your mind".
so i urge everyone to try and do the same, i am not saying make your home look like a garbage truck, but it need not look like a seven star hotel room all the time. if you can afford someone to do that for you, go ahead do that,hire that person and go for a walk or just go to bed and relax
I never had time for anything, i would send the kids to school,while doing that i would make a list of things to clean in their room, like "dam,the socks are peeping out from the rack" or "i have to get the tee shirts sorted color wise" and so on. Even while typing this i am looking at the bathroom door and my mind is like " i have to get up and clean the bathroom floor".
then i got pregnant for the third time and dad fell ill, so there was no time to clean the house, in between my hospital visit and dad's and then we had family walking in and out of our house every week. so my home turned into a nightmare for the OCD freak in me. For the first few months i tired to dust every nook and corner of the house and make sure the home looked amazing.
And then the toll and stress and the laziness took over. so slowly i managed with what i could and with whoever was doing that work for me. that i when i realized how much time i had in my hands. I was not working round the clock like a maniac,but i was resting well. the best part was was my mind was at ease. I did not have this constant voice in me,saying " you have to do this,you haven't done that". It was liberating, it was holi all over again. my home looked colorful with the crayons and the books all over. my husband for one was very happy,he would always tell me "rest and relax when you can,nobody is going to take away your happiness,just cause the house is not clean".
so that is what i do these days, i relax and tell my tiny brain cells to do the same, the time i invest in vigorously cleaning is in invested in writing this blog,sleeping,doing nothing and very soon some big time yoga. this in between handling two school going kids and an infant and my parents and the every encouraging hubby whose motto "stay clean in your mind".
so i urge everyone to try and do the same, i am not saying make your home look like a garbage truck, but it need not look like a seven star hotel room all the time. if you can afford someone to do that for you, go ahead do that,hire that person and go for a walk or just go to bed and relax
