“In fact, I do not think laziness exists. You know what does exist? Executive dysfunction, procrastination, feeling overwhelmed, perfectionism, trauma, amotivation, chronic pain, energy fatigue, depression, lack of skills, lack of support, and differing priorities.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“Care tasks exist for one reason only… to make your body and space functional enough for you to easily experience the joy this world has to offer.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“You don’t exist to serve your space; your space exists to serve you.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“thank you for your concern, but I am not taking any feedback on this issue right now.” Or my personal favorite: “The key for me being able to begin to run a functioning home was when I stopped talking to myself the way you are talking to me right now.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
“I so often look back on these seasons of limping through and say to myself with tenderness, “Wow, I was really doing the best I could with what I had.” And that’s the funny thing about doing your best; it never feels like your best at the time. In fact, it almost always feels like failing when you’re in it.”
― How to Keep House While Drowning
― How to Keep House While Drowning
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