SO008: What novels taught me about cleaning house




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Summary: Welcome to The Simplified Organization Audio Blog! Releasing weekly on Mondays, this podcast gives you short and punchy action items and mindset resets. Check out the <a href="http://www.simplifiedorganization.com/audio">podcast page here</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/simplified-organization-audio/id1153214723">please leave a review</a>. Thanks!<br> <a href="http://www.simplifiedorganization.com/so-season2">Season 2: Motivation to Clean</a><br> Housework seemed like a stupid waste of time.<br> And I hated wastes of time and stupidity, so I triply hated housework.<br> I was torn between wanting to be a good, competent homemaker and thinking that the state of my bedroom or the kitchen just wasn’t a big deal. I could get meals on the table, keep things stocked, and complete a project just fine. But the day-in day-out routine tasks were a drag.<br> I’m not going to say that I love those routines now or that I totally rock them, because I don’t. But I am learning to love them.<br> And it all started back then, when my third born was just a baby, and I was reading novels.<br> <br> <br> <br> Follow the bibliographic trail<br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Messie-Neatness-Challenged/dp/1578660432/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1476394209&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=how+not+to+be+a+messie&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=simorganize-20&amp;linkId=f13ba5df34586bf87da1dfb4eb2e04be" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-House-Litany-Everyday-Life-ebook/dp/B004G5Z21M/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1476394439&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=keeping+house&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=simorganize-20&amp;linkId=a2b53d42d7d6596573b417a07ce09ebd" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House/dp/0743272862/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1476394084&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=keeping+house&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=simorganize-20&amp;linkId=d68bbe2de5d48381ed746abd53b36598" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quotidian-Mysteries-Laundry-Madeleva-Spirituality-ebook/dp/B0051GEH02/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1476394149&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=kathleen+norris&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=simorganize-20&amp;linkId=47738268483ca0526dbaea48f9cc969b" target="_blank"></a><br> Read the original post here:<br> <a href="https://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/novel-housework">What a Novel Taught Me about Housework</a><br> <a href="https://www.simplifiedorganization.com/cart/?add-to-cart=22419"></a><br> Have questions about topic? Let’s talk in the comments!<br> <br> <br>