As silly as it may sound, many of us beat ourselves up over not being able to keep our homes as clean as our friends and neighbours, even when we have a perfectly valid reason for not doing so. Human nature is often competitive, and when we see others doing things that we think we should be doing but are unable to do so – for whatever reason – we reprimand ourselves and look for reasons to excuse our behaviour.
The reality is that many of us have schedules that simply don’t allow us the time to ensure that our homes are kept as clean as the Jones’s, and while we may feel guilty about that fact, we have absolutely no reason to.
What would you rather, that Fido doesn’t get his daily walk as soon as you get in from work, that the kids don’t get to spend any quality time with their parents because the minute they have any free time, they spend it on cleaning the home? Should you give up your social life, work commitments or personal activities simply to ensure that you have the time to keep your home clean? Hell no! What would be the point of our existence here on Earth if we are not permitting ourselves time to do the things we enjoy, or to tend to the needs of others? Life would end up one big cleaning routine, and that’s no kind of life for anyone. So, in this case, it’s more than alright to pass the cleaning buck.
One alternative is to forget about keeping a clean home altogether, and simply use the services of a professional cleaning company; pass the cleaning buck to someone else, after all, these companies exist to help busy people like you, so why not take advantage of them? With their flexible cleaning schedules and budgets, there will be a service to suit your needs and your pocket, and your stress levels will be greatly minimised knowing that you can return from work to a clean home, or that Fido might even get an extra walk since you have the time to take him.
Feeling guilty about not doing your own cleaning, may even make you feel worse than not doing it yourself at all, but does it really matter? Isn’t life too short to be worrying about such trivial things? The most important thing should be that when you employ the services of a cleaning company, your home gets cleaned, and that’s the extent of it. A clean home is good for you and your family, and if you must spend a little to get that peace of mind, so be it.