Monday, July 23, 2007
Change
One of my major character flaws is that I don’t like change. Doesn’t matter what kind either. Perhaps it’s because as a small child I was forced to live with everyone else’s changes and I had no say in the decision which made me very leery.

But once again I find myself at the heart of another life-change. This one at first upset me but now that I’ve had time to think it through, it’s not so bad. In fact, it’s pretty incredible.

Finding my rhythm is taking a bit more time than I thought but I guess that is to be expected when one leaves a position and decides to stay at home and not work. (outside the home)

For the better part of my life, I’ve worked. And hard. I spent twenty years in corporate America and I have to admit I don’t miss it one whit. While I was entrenched in their camp, I thought if someone ever made me leave that I’d never find my way. I was a working girl through and through. But what I didn’t realize then that I realize now, is that work is work no matter how you dice or slice it. Staying at home and taking care of a house is a lot of work. (Well, it is if you want to do it well and I do.) I love the fact that my house is clean, that we no longer live out of the clean clothes hamper and that we are eating healthy meals every night instead of swinging by the closest fast food joint.

Having a clean house makes one feel so good. I’m amazed. Especially as I’m not a good house keeper, but I’m getting better.

But the best part? I have all this glorious time to write. I can actually take a deep breath, plan my day, and spend part of it doing what I love. Which is writing.

This is one change I’m loving!

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want pics of your clean house! LOL! You should see my *drawing room* as I am calling it. OMG!
I'll try to take a pic and post it today.

Blogger Michelle said...

I'll post some pictures of my "clean house" or maybe my kitchen...LOL

Blogger Unknown said...

Wow! Congratulations on the change. I loved being "just a housewife," -- was one for most of my life. I have only worked two different times (one for 5 years as a teacher, one now in my local library - going on 3 years now). I am tired all the time with working full-time, then coming home to cook and clean.

Blogger Michelle said...

Ah, Bonita. But if you have to work at least you work in the library right? Simply the thought of having to go back to an office environment gives me the heebie jeebies. And I used to love working outside the home. I really did. It was liberating. Now, I think I've done that and I love home schooling my daughter and now that I'm pretty much writing full time again it's great!

Maude...I didn't see any pics on your blog. I'll be posting some of mine here in a bit

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