Comments on: Right Brain, Scatter Brain

By: netc23

netc23 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:59:32 +0000

I’m selling my house and I kept freaking out about it being messy if people came over and then I just figured you know what, it is what it is. I have a two year old and I don’t want to kill ourselves and ruin our joy in life by making sure its spotless. so its organized but messy and I’m ok with that.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:18:08 +0000

I just try to tell myself there is a “season for everything”, and right now (with small children) it is not my season to keep a perfect house, or have a big garden, or sew or anything else. This is all I can do right now, so I just concentrate on doing it well.

By: Rae

Rae — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:36:31 +0000

Thanks for not posting those pictures!

I suffer a similar condition (without the creative genius) but at least half of mine is simply because I do not care. I *could* keep the apartment in close to perfect condition (with a lot less housework than I did at 14!) but I can also spend my time thinking about other things. Why vacuum twice a week when I can still get away with doing it once?

Some women take great pleasure in keeping the perfect house. And that’s great for them. But I don’t see why you should feel a need to measure up to someone else’s standards for laundry as long as your house is clean enough to be safe for your children and you’re getting other (better?) things done with your time.

As for forgetting diaper bags, isn’t there something called “mommy brain” that makes every mother do things like that once in a while?