I just ‘finished’ reading this book called Happy for No Reason. It was about how to ‘get happy’. In a way I guess. Although I skimmed the last half of the book, there was one thing (maybe more, but this one stuck) that made me think. The author mention all the “I’ll be happy when…”
I find myself thinking this. I’ll be happy when I have my own classroom. I’ll be happy when we own a house. The point was that often times when these goals are achieved, our happiness level doesn’t necessarily increase. I have to agree that that is the case with me at least. I kept saying I would be happy when we moved. We’ve moved and somehow managed neighbors who are just as awful, in different ways (they happen to be moving out today…we’ll see what happens to move in below us now).
So, now that this is something I am aware of, I’m hoping that I cease to use this as an indicator of my happiness and rather focus on what is happening right now that is making me happy. I am able to stay at home with my son and manage a family on one income. Although extremely tiring and stressful, it is also so great to be able to say that I am the one who raised my son.
I just finished a book that has the same title as my post. It was about being a ‘housewife’. I picked it up thinking it would be humorous essays but found it was more research driven. I didn’t enjoy it too much. Some parts were interesting, but on the whole I found I was skimming through most of it. There was one quote that stuck out to me however
“Until they program men to notice you’re out of toilet paper, a happy domestic life will always be up to women.”
I have been in denial with the whole gender difference, but have grudgingly come to accept that it is true, at least partly. I don’t think I will ever believe that men can’t do this or that household chore, but do think they notice different things and prioritize differently than women.
Filed under: entertainment | Tags: book, Brett Paesel, Mommies Who Drink, motherhood
So I just finished this amazing book called Mommies Who Drink. It may be a little extreme for some of the ’super moms’ out there but it was right up my alley. I laughed out loud at several parts throughout the book. One can tell how into a book I am by how quickly I finished it. While raising my son, working part time, and dealing with a myriad of other things, I finished this book in under a week. I intend to quote a few passages from the book in the next several weeks, maybe so I can just remember the best parts without re reading the book.
I would highly recommend this book to any mother out there-I think the level of enjoyment that a non-mother would get out of it cannot compare to being a mother and reading this. It’s a very real account of motherhood, extremely enjoyable
