I am an organised individual, a tidy (ish) individual (but see yesterday’s post), but this Daily Cleaning Routine checklist made me want to crawl into bed and scream into my pillow.
A Bowl Full of Lemons wants me to sweep and vac the entire house every single day. They want me to organise the top of my dresser (which I have, of course) every single day. Wash, dry, fold and put away a load of washing, clean the toilets, wipe down the basins and lots of other really, super-mind-numbingly boring stuff. Every. single. day. I am to start the minute I get up.
Even as I write this, part of me is thinking “but will the people who DO vac every day be judging me right now? Do they think I’m grubby? Do they think I’m lazy?” Because somewhere in the back of my mind – buried deep in the eighties when the words like ‘suffragette’ and ‘liberation’ and ‘dichotomy’ first entered my lexicon – I know that because I am a woman and a mother I am still judged swiftly and harshly by my housekeeping skills.
I may raise three deeply respected leaders of tomorrow (hello, kids?). I may change the face of blogging in Australia (more on this later… ha!). I may be the world’s most enthusiastic volunteer. But apparently none of that matters if my floors are dirty and the washing is not folded. Such is being female in the 21st century.
Still, if you’re keen to clean, visit A Bowl Full of Lemons (for all my criticism above, this is a lovely site with lots of really useful tips, especially for organising freaks like me) or click on the image above to repin the pin!