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Helen's avatar

So I just came across you, Lindsey, responding to Tim Lott, and this was a wonderful read for me, today. I tend to pack my weekends full in anticipation that I will feel I’ve done something ‘for me’ - and that image of stuff not put away resonates! F time work and a partner who rightly sees life in more balance than me, and has fun (being homo ludens a man of play) - lucky him- means I’ll tidy the mess that is the house, before I get down to writing. Which is my ‘holy graile’ - time and space to write.

Thank you also Fiona - for the honesty and mentioning guilt, impending caring duties, stuff like washing not put away and so on. Messy table-mine is rarely not - whatever I do. It’s everyone else’s too. (VW and her Room comes to mind).

Great phrase! Controlling my space- instead of my mind.

The house is messy yes it is, but I have time to type a story I wrote. About freedom and thought and love. Going there now. Thanks again, for voicing your impressions. 😊

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Mary Hutto Fruchter's avatar

Real self-care is on my list. I like this reminder to take the slow back into the everyday.

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