Cleanliness is next to....

I cleaned the house today.  The way you would clean for guests.  And what I discovered is that I love my house.  I need to stop dreaming of additions and just enjoy what I have.  If ever we can afford an addition, it would be exciting and wonderful, but unless and until then... this is wonderful.  Our home is so beautifully us.

The other discovery is that I need to keep our home clean.  Not that ‘sort of clean’ kind of clean that I normally aim for.  Clean like this.  I need to try being completely anal about it.  As an experiment.  I feel so much peace in a clean home.  I want to see what it would take for 7 days to not go to sleep without the house as clean as this.  I want to see what it does for my state of mind.  If it is achievable and I have more peace from it, I want to duplicate this week until I have 1,893 new habits that result in a house that looks like this most of the time.

I woke up today and felt frustration.  I did not feel like I am on holidays.  I have been sick since my last day of work, and then had to work yesterday for part of the day.  Work messages really have not stopped coming in and I had this realization that I have created a life without much reprise.  I quickly reminded myself that I enjoy many freedoms along with the responsibilities.  But I do want to slowly shift my life back into a gear that is more sustainable.  I am going to celebrate giving up sales with this clean house challenge.