Housework is Reflection Time
The only way to take the sting out of housework is to regard it as time to reflect on our lives. We will not include laundry because it is a chore. We must do it because we run out of things to wear whether rich or poor.
Sweeping, mopping or using the vacuum entails moving chairs
and tables. That exercise gives us time
to do some mental banking, such as moving money from a healthy account to an
under-performing one, time to think about taking a pair of scissors and cutting
up some credit cards, time to think about putting on the market the apartment you
are renting out before the municipality builds a new sewage plant behind the
apartment building, and time to think about using vacation time, by going on
vacation.
Housework involves discarding things, like that old towel
that feels like a paper towel and has the colour of a dirt road or buying a new
shower curtain because it costs only 20 bucks.
Doing housework gives us time to reflect on discarding relationships that are detrimental to our health and bank balance, discarding friends who don’t love us and never will, or discarding anger at the boss because bosses will always be there. They are an occupational hazard.
Throwing out that withered lettuce or carrots in the fridge might give you the courage to delete that sales presentation you are working on because it is not moving an inch. Starting afresh might do the trick. Voila! a light bulb moment!
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
