It has been quite a long time since I've blogged anything. I have no audience (on purpose) and have just been so focused on enjoying our life and all the new experiences, I hadn't taken time to document it. So, I figure a little journal entry about my observations and our changes might be noteworthy at this point. Plus, I just got into a mode of doing and not talking about it. This is a relief for me. I find just doing and not analyzing to be a very peaceful way of life.Looking back on this year along with the past several years I realized that my life has been too convenient. This came only after a tenacious pursuit of convenience in the wake of new motherhood. It began with crafting. The crafting and creative musing spun into a personal cooking revolution. All this led to a whole new perspective. I have had an epiphany.
When William was born all I could think of was how to get a lot of stuff done faster because I had too much to do. Devising shortcuts to getting the usual jobs done: laundry, cleaning, meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking, and financial planning was my goal. Some shortcuts are worthwhile because they streamline tedious, messy, or unfruitful tasks. These kinds are "systems" I have in place for outwitting our own lazy tendencies (shoe racks, coat hooks, bill sorters, storage bins etc) and these are convenient but not in a way that has contributed to our own complacent living. Then there are tasks worth complicating. Acts that lead to nurturing, cultivating, and learning should be preserved--in my opinion. What I ironically realized is that the very shortcuts I pursued are what have done me in over this year and all the past years.
