As I was moppiing my kitchen just now, having first cleaned the bathroom, I was thinking about success, what is it to me, what is it in our society. (It was related to mopping, really!)
The topic began in my mind because I was feeling so good about myself for having cleaned the parts of the house on the day of the week I've assigned to myself. I don't do very well with that as a general rule. I keep my house very clean, for the most part, but consistency is a struggle and there are certain areas that suffer more frequently than others.
I have been challenging myself to look at my home duties as my job. Like a "real" job. What I was thinking about today was, "why don't I"?
The times in my life that I have had a "real" job, I was always striving to be a good employee. That meant things like being on time, staying busy, challenging myself to learn the system and be the best I could be at my job.
If I approach my job as a housewife and mother with the attitude of striving for success, what would change? Because I don't have an employer, someone paying my salary, it is a lot easier for me to become complacent and yes, even lazy at times.
So what is success? Some would say having a career. A degree. I realize I feel insecure in my position at times because I "only" have an associate degree and never ended up having a job in my field. Because we live in a small, university town, with another university only a few miles away, I am surrounded by very educated people, and I doubt myself sometimes.
In my heart, however, I feel successful. God has granted me my "dream job", and as I was thinking about all of this today, I realized there is a lot of room for me to grow, to in essence, receive a higher education.
It is my desire to push myself towards new levels of knowledge, proficiency, and creativity. As spring begins, so will my next step, a new semester of learning to be a better woman, wife and mother.
The topic began in my mind because I was feeling so good about myself for having cleaned the parts of the house on the day of the week I've assigned to myself. I don't do very well with that as a general rule. I keep my house very clean, for the most part, but consistency is a struggle and there are certain areas that suffer more frequently than others.
I have been challenging myself to look at my home duties as my job. Like a "real" job. What I was thinking about today was, "why don't I"?
The times in my life that I have had a "real" job, I was always striving to be a good employee. That meant things like being on time, staying busy, challenging myself to learn the system and be the best I could be at my job.
If I approach my job as a housewife and mother with the attitude of striving for success, what would change? Because I don't have an employer, someone paying my salary, it is a lot easier for me to become complacent and yes, even lazy at times.
So what is success? Some would say having a career. A degree. I realize I feel insecure in my position at times because I "only" have an associate degree and never ended up having a job in my field. Because we live in a small, university town, with another university only a few miles away, I am surrounded by very educated people, and I doubt myself sometimes.
In my heart, however, I feel successful. God has granted me my "dream job", and as I was thinking about all of this today, I realized there is a lot of room for me to grow, to in essence, receive a higher education.
It is my desire to push myself towards new levels of knowledge, proficiency, and creativity. As spring begins, so will my next step, a new semester of learning to be a better woman, wife and mother.
