Since I moved out of my parents place late 2009, I’ve made it a point to avoid (almost completely), to call in extra help to clean y own place. It is imperative, I believe, that for as much as a person can be and remain independent and/or self-sufficient, he should.
Yes, there is the consideration of practicality and productivity, such as our expensive skilled time better invested elsewhere for better impact, if looked at in isolation. But that should not be veiled against formed complacency and harvested incompetency.
*Disclaimer: I too, struggle to schedule even random cleaning operations at home.
A reason why I take issue on this is two clear examples that are evident to me, the idea that:
- a middle class home today cannot function without a domestic worker doing the house certain, most or all chores,
- a child is expected to be primarily educated (in an encompassing context), by school teachers, and not the able adults in his reach.
Those two are only an example of what it brings us to. What is between the lines in essence, that makes it damaging, is the distorted outlook and paradigm that we have upon everything beyond ourselves, and worst still, upon ourselves, without actually realizing it. And then, the self-believe that it could be otherwise.
The video is an area of my recent interest. But that aside, at two parts it relates to my point above. What she calls inner-dependancy, and following that the consumerist mindset (for me, that which affects our lives overall, and not just materially).
*Thanks Yasmin for sharing this video with me. A pot of earl gray with some darjeeling, is owed.
- click to watch video http://zainhd.com/2011/11/ted-why-zain-doesnt-call-in-domestic-help
