Reflections - On cleaning – 3

 

Reflections - On cleaning – 3

One bathroom was irritating me for quite some time. It was due for cleaning. I didn’t clean. Reasons many and valid – lack of time and energy and disinterest. It took quite some time to clean – always! And that meant I kept aside few of other daily chores?! This wasn’t happening for various reasons. Result – bathroom remained a sore eye – the one that was nagging me day in and day out.

But, one day I thought ‘let me just clean the commode.’ And I did. I had time for just that. I didn’t need ‘lots of energy’ as was required to clean the entire bathroom. Just a little was good enough. Just a little cleaning pecked me up. I felt happy. I had a sense of achievement. Just saw me through the day. 

Next day, I just cleaned tiles (only the upper portion) of two only walls. Bathroom that seemed dull and irritating looked bright and shining. I was happy. I was glad with its makeover. 

Next day, it was time to clean the lower tiles of these two walls.  Now the bathroom was flooded with light – or was it just my imagination? Either way my mood spiked. I had a sense of achievement. I felt accomplished. Next, I took account of bathrooms two more walls to cover, taps and washbasin – and then it would look the way I wished it to look. Mission accomplished when broken into smaller bits. And to believe that I postponed doing this since like ever!

Now, why are we even talking about my bathroom? What has it got to do here in this blog? Does this talk have a purpose? 

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