Here are some notes I previously underlined in the first
part of Home
Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson.
"Modern housekeeping, despite its bad press, is
among the most thoroughly pleasant, significant, and least alienated forms of
work that many of us will encounter even if we are blessed with work outside
the home that we like."
"Today, laundry, cleaning, and other household
chores are by and large physically light or moderate work that doctors often
recommend to people for their health, as evidence shows that housework is good
for weight control and healthy hearts."
"Yet housekeeping actually offers more opportunities
for savoring achievement than almost any other work I can think of. Each of its
regular routines brings satisfaction when it is completed. These routines echo
the rhythm of life, and the housekeeping rhythm is the rhythm of the body. You
get satisfaction not only from the sense of order, cleanliness, freshness,
peace and plenty restored, but from the knowledge that you yourself and those
you care about are going to enjoy these benefits."
"You need a memory good enough to remember how
things are done, where things are, what the daily routine requires, what
everyone in the home is up to as it affects housekeeping, the state of
supplies, budgets, and bills. You have to be able to decipher insurance
policies, contracts, and warranties, manage a budget, and master the technical
language of instruction manuals for appliances and computers. The ability to
split your attention in several ways and stay calm is essential."
Last one for this post:
"The act of taking care of our homes brings comfort
and consolation both in the enjoyment of the fruits of our labor and in the
increasingly rre freedom to engage in worthwhile, unalienated, honorable
work."
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