Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that people think in extremes?
It seems that many of the reality shows (not my usual choice of viewing) concerning families draws on the extremes. The producers match one hyper-organized person with a family of “messies” and vice versa. Neither of which can see the other’s point of view.
I’m calling a halt to the ridiculous! It seems that the organized person is rigid with unhappy children and a home that people don’t like to come to. On the other side is the home where everyone loves to hang out and the kids are happy, but the home is dirty and messy; or as some like to say, the home is “lived in.”
Why does it have to be one or the other ~ organized with unhappy people or cluttered with happy people?
From where I sit those terms should be oxymorons. Organized people are happy people; cluttered lives develop unhappy people.
Yes, reality programs choose to use people who live in the extremes, but I’m fighting back. It does not have to be that way. The results of those extreme life styles do not have to be the realities.
I believe that organization should enable us to relax, leading us to enjoy our kids, play games and “hang out.” Hence, our kids can have a good time, find the things they need, enjoy having friends over, easing the way for us to entertain.
Lack of organization creates in us chaos, leading us to frustration with our home, our time and each other. Hence, our family is embarrassed to have friends in the house, frustrated in finding the things they need and agitated with each other.
You can have an organized, clean house that people enjoy living in and visiting. Don’t go to the extreme. Organization is the oil that makes the engine run smoothly; it is the honey that sweetens the biscuit; it is the thread that holds the garment together. You get the picture.
Good organization is your friend, not your enemy.
