The Manliness of Home Management

Well, I am still alive. I haven't posted in while , and I thought I was done with this little project. If at some point in reading the previous posts you thought "that seems like too much" , you were right. It was too much for me too. One sure sign that a person lacks maturity is trying to do way too much and thinking that that will be sustainable. So after burning myself completely out, I just gave up and said "F it". 

I did realize however that It's not like I stopped managing my home and life . You always manage your home and life. Not taking out the trash or making a budget is just a different style of managing life. 

What brought me out of the funk and back onto track was a little strange. For lack of a better description, I had a spiritual experience in Hobby lobby. I typically despise hobby lobby, but go with the woman and feign interest because I want to make sure I get laid that particular day. But that day as I wandered the endless aisles of overpriced Chinese made interior decorating items I was headed towards a moment of clarity. At some point I looked up from my phone and saw I was surrounded with rows of baskets. Weaved, distressed, pink , burlap, wicker ect. I thought " if I had this many baskets, I could separate all of the chaos I live in into neat little boxes of chaos and organize it." Since turning chaos into order is kind of a fascination for me, the baskets suddenly seemed less cheaply made and overpriced. Maybe a Chinese wicker basket could be a powerful tool for fighting disorder and chaos ....

I realize some may dig disorder and chaos. And if that's your thing then cool, roll around in it and enjoy it. I just can't anymore. Like many others, I have a need for order and structure, and Living without it had me feeling defeated as soon as I would wake up to face the day. When the dishes are piled up too high to fill up the coffee pot in the morning AND you have no clean laundry , going back to bed sounds better than seizing the day.

So after the whole Hobby Lobby thing , I felt energized to be all about this stuff again. It was time to kick chaos in the face and stop letting it suck the good stuff out of my life! So without the option of quitting , it's time to try again.... But smarter this time (hopefully )

Also, I don't dictate this anymore . Blogger has an app, so it no longer matters that the only thing I can type on is an iPhone .