![]() The cleaning or the cooking or something else that isn’t ‘worth your time’ is interfering with those ‘things’. It adds to the stress which is likely the cause of my chronic migraines. And when they take longer than I planned and I don’t get the ‘important’ stuff done and….it’s an issue I’m dealing with. I usually want mundane tasks to just ‘be done’ without reflecting on what I’m actually doing. I like to get the task done and move right on to the next task. Tell that to your stomach at 7:00 pm if no one made dinner. In addition, if we can’t afford to pay someone else we should strive to get them done as quickly as possible in order to live ‘real life’.īecause if they aren’t worth anything they can’t actually be important, right? The only reason we would do these things ourselves is if we can’t afford to pay someone else to do it for us. Because getting someone else to do it doesn’t cost as much as it does to hire a lawyer. That washing the dishes, cleaning a toilet, or making a lunch is unworthy of a successful woman’s time. Somehow, the world has convinced us that the best way to reduce the overwhelm is to eliminate all those mundane chores. Now we are beginning to see the effects of trying to ‘do it all’ and reasonably want to decrease our load. When women came out into the working world we somehow still did all that we did before, plus our new roles in the working world. ![]() A clean house is an important part of maintaining a home. The point is to have a clean house, right? A clean house is a clean house. ![]() Is Susan’s time creating a clean house less valuable than mine because she would never spend as much money as I might getting it cleaned by someone else? But the world would expect both of us to pay the same money to get our cleaning done for us. Having someone do my cleaning would mean so much more to me than it would to Susan. We looked at each other in disbelief as we shared our favorite homemaking areas. In a chat with my Amish neighbor, Susan, she stated that the majority of what Amish women do is cook, clean and sew. Should we value something based on what the world will pay someone to do it? Because of the times, they were paid less than men.īecause of this history, these tasks still earn the people who do them less.Īnd now because those who do them make less money, these tasks are now often considered ‘less than’. When women first entered the workforce all they were allowed to do was cleaning, teaching and caring for kids, food preparation and service. We all need clean shelter, nutritious food and warm clothing to be able to do the rest of our life. These are vital parts of supporting a family. They were responsible for making sure that the family was clothed, fed properly and the home was clean and tidy. It used to be that women were limited to homemaking tasks. Or does she hire that all out? What makes a task important? When you think of a successful woman how do you imagine her life? Is she incredibly productive? Does she move effortlessly from one glamorous project to the next, never affected by the daily tasks that seem to overwhelm you?ĭoes she clean the toilets, cook the dinner, and do the grocery shopping?
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