“Who has time for housework?” Has that been your mantra? Perhaps your trouble isn’t a lack of time but a lack of energy. When your life is overscheduled it can wreak havoc on your energy levels.
There are some seasons that we go through in which life is moving faster than we can keep up with. And it may be completely unavoidable…there may be absolutely nothing that you can do to change things. Hopefully that is just a temporary season.
But if you do run into seasons such as this, then you will need to accept that you can only do so much. This may mean hiring a housekeeper (if you are blessed enough to be able to afford one) or it may mean giving more household responsibilities to other family members.
The point is that we have to be realistic. We may need to accept that the closet won’t be cleaned out any time soon, or there will probably not be a day in which the sink is empty.
As long as this isn’t your life story, then it’s okay. You see, we sometimes have to accept that life is imperfect, we are imperfect and our homes will be imperfect.
At some point, however, we should be moving out of that busy and burdened season of life so that we can get back to the basics. Then you will have time to tackle those areas of the home that have long been neglected.
Give yourself permission to do the best you can…sometimes that is all you really need in order to keep plugging along. Otherwise you are left to feed on the guilty feelings. That only turns into destructive thought patterns. Suddenly you feel like a failure, like you aren’t taking care of your family and home the way you should.
The burden doesn’t have to rest squarely on your shoulders…when you begin to release it, you can breathe a little better. But when you are able to completely throw the burden off, then life-giving air courses through you.
Accept what is…do your best and then move on.
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