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By: Grace Kerina

Grace Kerina — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:23:15 +0000

There’s another idea I forgot to mention in the article: trading services. If you have a friend who needs something that’s easy and enjoyable for you to do for them on an ongoing basis, but that they dislike (grocery shopping? car-loaning? weeding in their garden?) and they don’t mind housecleaning a bit now and again, perhaps there’s an equitable trade to be made.

Even our housecleaner does this. Her sister is also a housecleaner (the clean-gene runs strong in their family, it appears) and they clean each other’s homes.

Anyway, I hope the diminishment of cleaning comes for you sooner than later.

By: Marina

Marina — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:13:13 +0000

I dread housework too. But I feel very uncomfortable when it gets too messy. One day when I can afford it, I look forward to hiring help!

By: Grace Kerina

Grace Kerina — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:45:55 +0000

As with so many things, for me, housecleaning comes down to where to draw the line. Too far on either side of the line and, like you, Jo, I am distracted by the mess or overdoing the cleaning when I’d rather be doing other things.

Here’s wishing you a line that serves you, rather than you serving it.

By: jo martin

jo martin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:28:19 +0000

Actually, after some thought, I think that perhaps housework relates back to effectiveness v. efficiency. I can get so caught up in having a perfectly clean and arranged apartment that I leave no time to do those things that are more interesting to me: reading, gardening, stitching, crocheting, cooking. It was said of my mother’s home that it was so clean one could eat off the floor. I could never understand *why* one wanted to eat off the floor, isn’t that why we have tables?

I finally realized: There *are* no Housekeeping Police; I am not going to be ticketed for having a less than pristine home. But for me it’s a balancing act: a messy home (let’s not even go into dirty, LOL!) is uncomfortable for me, I cannot relax and be creative in one. But I so don’t want to go back to the old way of being, of so intent on the housekeeping that I miss the fun of life.

By: Grace Kerina

Grace Kerina — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:55:08 +0000

Oops! You misunderstand, Jo. I’m not saying that disliking housework is an HSP trait – at least not as far as I know. I’m only saying that I happen to share the housekeeping = yuk trait with some people who are also HSPs.

Having said that, are we onto something here? Do other HSPs reading this also have a major aversion to housework?

By: jo martin

jo martin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:10:36 +0000

Great! I totally agree but didn’t realize this was a HSP trait. Cool! Helps explain me a bit more to myself.

One thing that helped me reduce my housework load was to realize that The House Cleaning Police were *never* going to visit me.