Sensory Regulation Really Does Make a Difference in My Ability to Keep my House Reasonably Clean

Today I had some time to sew by myself, then we went to the gym and I was able to use the cable machines by myself. It felt so good.

Anyways, when we got home, I noticed that when I was in the kitchen I saw things differently, for instance, there was a disposable steel wool in the sink and I threw it away. There was an empty milk jug on the counterfrom earlier today and I thought that if I rinsed it out now it wouldn’t be smelly yet, so I did. Then I noticed that Howie’s 360 cup of milk was on the table and had had milk in it today. If I rinsed it out now it wouldn’t have stinky cheese milk in it yet. Then I saw two paper cups on the table that could be quickly thrown away.

Whereas, all of this had been really bothering me this morning and some of it for the last few days, it had all felt like this overwhelming blur that I couldn’t penetrate.

After having the sensory break of sewing and working out, I could see and do all of these little things in the kitchen. My brain was different.

The boys at the gym daycare

Published by Wellesley Kopsa

Hi! I write here about minimalism, slow fashion, Montessori, respectful parenting and simple, healthy food. I am mom to a toddler boy, and I work full time as a software engineer. I am not going to assume that I am busier than you, but I am biiiizy, thus everything here should be practical.

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