by Danielle | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Homemaking, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane
Inferiority is relative. It needs something or someone else to be compared to. A sense of inferiority arises from comparing ourselves to someone else, someone supposedly superior. Why do we do that? Is it helpful? Very often, it isn’t but it can be automatic and...
by Danielle | May 20, 2010 | Blog, Cleaning, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane
So, you’ve spent your time cooking or cleaning or washing or ironing etc, then you look around a few hours later and the fruits of your labour are gone with the wind. Take a deep breath – it’s time for a Scarlett O’Hara moment. Tomorrow is another day It’s true...
by Danielle | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog, Family, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane
As a person, it is irritating when people don’t do their fair share, but if you are at all feminist, it’s much more complicated. There are principles at stake. There is often the unspoken question: is it being left to me because I am the female? This incurs a wrath...
by Danielle | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog, Family, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane
If, for whatever reason, you don’t take on external help (and even if you do – you’ll still have to tidy up before they come!), it makes sense to utilise existing labour sources. I’m referring to The Others. The people you live with. Now you may be thinking...
by Danielle | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog, Cleaning, Homemaking, Staying sane
Could it be true? (again) Now I am a self-confessed Undomestic Goddess. I am not naturally inclined to clean and tidy. I am a million miles away from the Perfect Housewife. And yet… The other day, I had a few precious minutes of un-spoken-for time on my hands...