See what's happening here is that I'm stalling. I'm writing...Oh yes, I am doing that. But I'm really avoiding the crowd in my kitchen.
Those dishes piled high in both sinks which spill over onto the counter are jostling each other and whispering. They teeter and clutch each other for support, and wonder if they will ever be washed again.
I stand in awe when I think of the decades that my mother and my mother in law, both were able to raise kids, keep the cleanest houses you ever saw, cook splendid meals from scratch, and have careers. My mom in addition to all that, also kept her large yard looking like a park and raised lots of food in a large garden, without letting a bit of it go to waste.
Were they for real??!!!!
I admit it! I'm not up to it. But I am having fun. Because I've finally figured out a few things.
In my 20s and 30s, I worked at jobs I didn't make much money at, and didn't particularly like. In my 40s I did the housewife thing. That was better, but eventually became very unrewarding, especially for the amount of work involved.
Now. Oh boy! Now all the things I was too busy to do before are being done, and all the things I was busy doing are not being done. Make sense?
Things like cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, laundry and shopping are only sort of getting done. And things like Writing, making books, making music, working in energy healing ARE getting done--but definitely!
And living like that--we're still making our living. Only it's fun now.
All you peeps out there living a life you're not happy with...working at a job you don't like because you are afraid to lose that paycheck...Let it go! You'll find that when you live life on your terms, you will find a way to pay the bills, (especially if you stop telling yourself it can't be done) but better than that, you'll be enjoying your life.
Alright! I hear you! I'm coming.
(The dishes are whispering much louder now and they will not be ignored.)