The thought that made me love cleaning

For most of my adult life, I have loved having a clean space but hated cleaning. Sometimes this tension meant I would avoid cleaning for a long time and then go manic, making everything perfect. Other times I keep up with things for a little while but then fizzle out. My methods for solving the tension never worked.

Then, I read How to Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty, and my perspective changed. Jay said:

If something, like cleaning up after the cows, made me uncomfortable, instead of turning away, I pushed myself to understand the…