My friend texted the other day that she could really get into being a housewife. She’s currently off for a few weeks and has settled into the daily routine of life at home. Her text tapped into something my sister and I discuss all of the time: we could definitely be full-time housewives.
If I were a full-time housewife, I have to say that I know I’d be busy. My house would be cleaned everyday, my pantry stocked, and good, healthy meals prepared every evening. I would do renovation and restoration projects instead of making lists of which projects to do. My canning pantry would be filled with luscious homemade goodies. I’d be more fit and my house would get done.
Mostly, I think I would settle into a more simple peace. I still get a considerable amount of work anxiety, even though I don’t work full-time. The work I do is still high-stakes, demanding and sometimes scarce. So, I often worry about doing it well and having enough of it to do.
Yet today is one of the really good days where I essentially disconnect from the reality of my everyday and fantasize just a little about not working. It’s Friday and I don’t have to work for three days. More than that, my anxiety about work scarcity is currently gone. I have plenty of work to keep me busy for awhile. And straight up? I’m just in a good place. Today, my head is where my heart is: totally focused on home, simplicity and just enjoying all that I’ve been given.
So, with all of this good mojo around me, what exactly do I plan to do with my day today? Well, for starters, I’ve enjoyed two cups of coffee while sitting in my fireplace room in utter quiet (my husband is working). Now that the coffee has gone down, I need to make an agenda. There’s lots of mundane things on this agenda, mind you. I need to pick up the downstairs from a few days’ worth of clutter and the kitchen needs to be cleaned (the kitchen ALWAYS needs to be cleaned). I’d like to plan a good meal where I cook something new and tasty; I want to go to the department store to pick up a few essentials; and my sister may drive over to pick up an end table. I’d also like to figure out a home improvement project that I can do without my husband’s help. I’ve got a couple in mind and they could keep me occupied for the weekend. There’s a couple of books waiting to be read and a vacation for next winter to get planned. All in all, I’ve got plenty to keep me busy today and this weekend as I check out of my “real life” and escape into the simple world that is just home.
Outside, the snow has turned into the big fluffy flakes that make it feel even more cozy to be at home and inside me, my heart is in a settled happy place. It’s all good and maybe that becomes my starting place. Just enjoying the good.
And on that note, I think I’ll give a call to one of my besties with whom I haven’t spoken in awhile. Seems like a pretty good way to kick off a more simple lifestyle.
The Yuppie Homesteader 