I just read a post on Organising by another bipolar chick. Recognized much of my 'neat freak' self there. oooh how I like to have everything in its place.
The writer discussed heping her family understand how much effort she was putting into tidying up after them. It certainly is good to give your housemates/family a chance to realise how much effort *you* are putting into maintaining something they value. They get an opportunity to grow into being able to take care of themselves and others.
However...
It's also useful to think about whether there is a difference between "how things need to be" and "how I want everything to be". I'm the first to insist that tidy is more convenient and aesthetically pleasing - but I have learned it isn't actually mandatory in the home - and sometimes we benefit from finding a middle ground that allows for the preferences of of our homemates.
This is the sweetly reasonable version - the other part is that I finally figured out that Suzy Homemaker was stealing hours from Sarah-the-Artist. Remember my earlier post on maintenance? Now the tidying is pared down to a fairly relaxed standard. Less junk helps too.
So, I was thinking this is yet another post that isn't about textile art, but maybe it is after all
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