Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Lack of Motivation

I have decided that what every housewife and mother needs is a motivation speaker or an encouragement coach of sorts. I find that one of the hardest things about sticking to the daily tasks of homemaking, is keeping up the motivation to do everything that needs to be done. I have recently attended a couple of talks for moms about the tasks of being a homemaker. The first one was primarily about housekeeping and the importance of having a schedule and keeping your house clean. I found this talk to be extremely encouraging and motivating. Afterwards, I wanted to begin my new regime immedietly, and work really hard at the mundane. And, very importantly, I was motivated to be more organized, which is something that I have always struggled with. However, the last talk was one month ago and I have found my motivation dwindling at times. One of the hardest things about being a homemaker is not the difficulty of the tasks, but the mundane routine. Things like laundry, cleaning toilets, vacuuming, dusting, etc., have to be done every week. Other tasks, such as making dinner and doing dishes, have to be done every day, sometimes multiples times a day. We may know that these are important tasks and that by doing them, we are serving others, however, it is not always easy. We get tired of the routine, we get tired of making dinners and doing the dishes. No matter how much you love to cook, there will come a day, (or week) where you just do not want to make dinner.
But, I always find that if I talk to someone about the importance of being organized and how, when we do our job well (my job right now being taking care of the home and my family) we are also serving God through our tasks, I am afterward more motivated to continue on doing what needs to be done. I, therefore, think that it is important to, at least once a month, do something, or talk to someone that will motivate you in your job. We need encouragement. We need someone to tell us, "Well done, keep up the good work." In the normal working world, people work better when they receive affirmation for what they have done. In the same way, homemakers need that affirmation. It is, therefore, important to encourage one another and to remind each other that what we do is important.

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