{"id":504,"date":"2010-05-05T12:41:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T18:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippiemommy.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2010-05-05T12:41:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T18:41:56","slug":"the-laundry-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippiemommy.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"The Laundry Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-505\" title=\"1024142_18478904\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hippiemommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1024142_18478904-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laundry. It is my nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00c2\u00a0am fairly good with everything else, but I just detest laundry. Actually, that isn&#8217;t true: I don&#8217;t mind washing a load, and I find something incredibly relaxing about hanging my laundry outside. I just hate folding and putting away!<\/p>\n<p>I read a post from a wise, fellow mama-of-many, and she said that she turned a corner when she accepted that 2 loads of laundry a day was just a necessity. I thought about this and rejected it for a few months, but I recently decided to accept it. Something amazing has happened: My laundry isn&#8217;t so bad.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve realized that I was trying to deny something that could not be denied. It was as if I wanted to pretend that gravity did not exist. It does not help to deny it, because the reality of it is still there whether you accept it or not. Just like with birth, life is so much easier and less painful if you accept it and just ride the waves. Fighting it only makes for frustration.<\/p>\n<p>And, on that note, it is time to put another load in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laundry. It is my nemesis. I\u00c2\u00a0am fairly good with everything else, but I just detest laundry. 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