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Do you ever feel that “keeping on top of the house” is an endless task?
We moved to a bigger house coming up for three years ago (more room for the growing family).
We were 50-50 between two places.
One was a bit bigger with a nice garden and a small field.
But needed a lot of work doing.
One a little smaller with a small garden and between two busy roads.
But absolutely immaculate.
We chose the latter.
And, even then, I’m constantly amazed at the amount of stuff that needs doing to it.
Just to keep it where it is.
I wondered out loud “How many individual things do you think make up the house?”
You know – each brick, bit of skirting board, draw, etc.
And how many individual ‘things’ do we have in the house?
Just thinking about cutlery, tools, bits of board games, toys and clothes put me well into multiple thousands.
A quick google suggested 8,176 in the average house.
Another page showed the average American home had 300,000 things in it.
So, whatever the actual number, it’s clearly pretty big.
So, is it any surprise that there’s always something that needs doing?
When there’s that much going on, a house is never going to be a ‘one and done’ sitation.
Where you get it as you’d like and then it stays like that.
There’s an amount of work just to maintain.
More will improve it.
Less will see it slip slowly backwards.
Like our bodies.
It’s tempting to think that getting in shape is a ‘one and done’ type thing.
That we do it and then it’s done.
But, much like our houses, there’s an amount of keeping on top of it that’s needed.
An amount of work to maintain.
More to improve.
Less results in that steady decline.
Ongoing care and attention.
And, like the house, when we accept that………..
Make peace with it.
When we realise it’s more than worth it for the benefits we get from it………..
That, although it’s a lot over a lifetime, it’s only bits here and there…………
It becomes a much easier thing to then do.
Much love,
Jon ‘A chair is still a chair, even when there’s no one sittin’ there’ Hall
P.S. If you’re ready to make peace with looking after your body and giving it the care and love it deserves, we’re here to help –> myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting.
