Accomplishments

I enjoyed reading this post from Susan at Aspiring Homemaker. After some hard house reorganization work she came to a great insight:

I have discovered an important thing about myself. Rest is not all that restorative for me...Sometimes I don't need a break, I just need an accomplishment. A mother's life is full of repetition and maintenance. There is joy to be found there, and much meat for reflection, but it can get wearying and sometimes I need a little shot in the arm of accomplishment.

Read the rest here.