Say you have a really big, really hairy dog (For instance, a german shepherd). It's July. Or August. It is really hot out. And in. Your big hairy dog is shedding. A LOT. So much hair, it floats through the air, collects in piles throughout the house. Obviously, you have some cleaning up to do. You can sweep up the big piles and vacuum up the rest, and when you're done you can mop up the dirt that your dog trails around the house. After you spend a good hour or two cleaning up all the dog hair from every nook and cranny in your house, you look around you in satisfaction. Now you can go enjoy your day.
If you have a slightly less hairy dog, you can probably go the entire rest of the day without thinking about the hairy mess that accumulates in your home. If you have a dog like a german shepherd, that probably isn't the case. An hour after you clean up all that hair and mop up the dirt, you're seeing hairs on the ground, and you look in a corner that you're sure you hit before and see a mass of hair. It's like magic, how it just appears there. Your dog, who you love so very much, runs by you, and as she does you can almost see the hairs slipping from her coat and floating to the ground.
By the end of the day, your house looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months. If your friend came over, she would probably think you're some slob who doesn't know what a broom is.
Did I mention that you have allergies? The pollen gets you pretty good, but it's nothing compared to living in a house that is coated in dog hair. The whole time you're in your house before you clean up the hair, it's like your senses are all slightly foggy or blurred. When you started cleaning it up, of course more hairs start flying around in the commotion, trying to escape the dust pan or the vacuum hose. Those hairs fly right up in your face, it's like they are attacking you (of course, they see it only as a defense, you're the one attacking them). The first few times you are cleaning up this hair, you just are more motivated to get it all gone. But after a week has gone by, and you've been fighting the never-ending rounds of hair that keep coming and coming each day, you start to feel like there's no hope. There's no point, your allergies are going to make you lose this battle. For a brief moment, you consider giving your dog to your friend. Then you feel horrible for even having that thought in your mind.
When you lay in bed at night, with your freshly washed sheets and blankets and pillow cases, you can still smell it. There are dog hairs on your bed, on your fresh sheets, already. The dog hasn't even been on the bed, how did this happen? You just put these sheets on, in fact you waited until right before sleeping to put the sheets on specifically so hair wouldn't find it's way to the clean sheets! You can't escape it.
In the winter months, it's not so bad, your big hairy dog keeps most of her hairs, but it's still there. You only have to worry about it once or twice a week, not every day. Your bed is usually pretty safe from the hair. The dirt on the floor has turned to mud, though. There's never a real break from it.
Now, you could just not clean up the hair. Who cares, you can't keep up anyways, you tried, there's no fucking point! Instead, you will live in a dirty, hairy house where you senses are always clogged and sometimes you get a headache from the smell of all that dog hair. You don't care, you can live your life in this filth! It's not really that filthy, anyways, right? It's just some hair and some dirt. If you go long enough, you'll probably get used to it. It will just be normal.
But, you probably also won't notice that as you have gotten used to the hair all around your home, you have also gotten used to having a constant headache, and you don't see things as clearly as you did before. And whether or not anyone believes this, it is true that where filth lives is where negativity comes to party. You don't notice it, but your friends and family notice it - you have become rather pessimist and cranky most of the time. What you might notice is that you're finding that shitty things keep happening to you. You must be having some bad luck or something. You don't think that it could be your mindset. You definitely don't think that it's because you live in a dirty, hairy home. Having dog hair floating through your house all the time and filling up the corners of every room in the house, that couldn't possibly effect your mindset.
As time goes on, more and more hair (and dirt) collects, and it seems that your energy is decreasing more and more (how can that happen, you eat and exercise right, you're physically healthy!).
How can something so small as dog hair in your house, have such a huge impact on your life?
Believe it or not, it does, it really truly does! Your best option is to add it to your routine, every morning, sweep it up, and every night, sweep it up again, and mop every other day. It takes some time, yes, but the way you feel, and the way your home feels, is so much better. It's brighter, warmer, happier, healthier. You have taken the extra time to clean up that hair and dirt, but now you can enjoy the rest of your day to it's fullest.
Maybe I'm crazy for saying all this about dog hair, but really, it's not just dog hair. It's any kind of mess, whether it be dog hair, dishes, laundry, clutter. It's also the kind of messes that happen with friends and family, emotional and social messes. If you let it go, it spirals out of control, and you will end up feeling fairly weak and negative, even if you don't notice the change (usually by the time you do notice, it's too far gone that you feel like there's no way you can clean it up - where would you even start?). If you keep up with it, though, and yes, it does take some of your time and energy and motivation, you will feel good, and you will feel re-energized and positive and all the aspects or your life will seem much easier, happier, and a lot more satisfying.
And that is my sensible nonsense for the day, and now I have to go find my vacuum and suck up some dog hair.
If you have a slightly less hairy dog, you can probably go the entire rest of the day without thinking about the hairy mess that accumulates in your home. If you have a dog like a german shepherd, that probably isn't the case. An hour after you clean up all that hair and mop up the dirt, you're seeing hairs on the ground, and you look in a corner that you're sure you hit before and see a mass of hair. It's like magic, how it just appears there. Your dog, who you love so very much, runs by you, and as she does you can almost see the hairs slipping from her coat and floating to the ground.
By the end of the day, your house looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months. If your friend came over, she would probably think you're some slob who doesn't know what a broom is.
Did I mention that you have allergies? The pollen gets you pretty good, but it's nothing compared to living in a house that is coated in dog hair. The whole time you're in your house before you clean up the hair, it's like your senses are all slightly foggy or blurred. When you started cleaning it up, of course more hairs start flying around in the commotion, trying to escape the dust pan or the vacuum hose. Those hairs fly right up in your face, it's like they are attacking you (of course, they see it only as a defense, you're the one attacking them). The first few times you are cleaning up this hair, you just are more motivated to get it all gone. But after a week has gone by, and you've been fighting the never-ending rounds of hair that keep coming and coming each day, you start to feel like there's no hope. There's no point, your allergies are going to make you lose this battle. For a brief moment, you consider giving your dog to your friend. Then you feel horrible for even having that thought in your mind.
When you lay in bed at night, with your freshly washed sheets and blankets and pillow cases, you can still smell it. There are dog hairs on your bed, on your fresh sheets, already. The dog hasn't even been on the bed, how did this happen? You just put these sheets on, in fact you waited until right before sleeping to put the sheets on specifically so hair wouldn't find it's way to the clean sheets! You can't escape it.
In the winter months, it's not so bad, your big hairy dog keeps most of her hairs, but it's still there. You only have to worry about it once or twice a week, not every day. Your bed is usually pretty safe from the hair. The dirt on the floor has turned to mud, though. There's never a real break from it.
Now, you could just not clean up the hair. Who cares, you can't keep up anyways, you tried, there's no fucking point! Instead, you will live in a dirty, hairy house where you senses are always clogged and sometimes you get a headache from the smell of all that dog hair. You don't care, you can live your life in this filth! It's not really that filthy, anyways, right? It's just some hair and some dirt. If you go long enough, you'll probably get used to it. It will just be normal.
But, you probably also won't notice that as you have gotten used to the hair all around your home, you have also gotten used to having a constant headache, and you don't see things as clearly as you did before. And whether or not anyone believes this, it is true that where filth lives is where negativity comes to party. You don't notice it, but your friends and family notice it - you have become rather pessimist and cranky most of the time. What you might notice is that you're finding that shitty things keep happening to you. You must be having some bad luck or something. You don't think that it could be your mindset. You definitely don't think that it's because you live in a dirty, hairy home. Having dog hair floating through your house all the time and filling up the corners of every room in the house, that couldn't possibly effect your mindset.
As time goes on, more and more hair (and dirt) collects, and it seems that your energy is decreasing more and more (how can that happen, you eat and exercise right, you're physically healthy!).
How can something so small as dog hair in your house, have such a huge impact on your life?
Believe it or not, it does, it really truly does! Your best option is to add it to your routine, every morning, sweep it up, and every night, sweep it up again, and mop every other day. It takes some time, yes, but the way you feel, and the way your home feels, is so much better. It's brighter, warmer, happier, healthier. You have taken the extra time to clean up that hair and dirt, but now you can enjoy the rest of your day to it's fullest.
Maybe I'm crazy for saying all this about dog hair, but really, it's not just dog hair. It's any kind of mess, whether it be dog hair, dishes, laundry, clutter. It's also the kind of messes that happen with friends and family, emotional and social messes. If you let it go, it spirals out of control, and you will end up feeling fairly weak and negative, even if you don't notice the change (usually by the time you do notice, it's too far gone that you feel like there's no way you can clean it up - where would you even start?). If you keep up with it, though, and yes, it does take some of your time and energy and motivation, you will feel good, and you will feel re-energized and positive and all the aspects or your life will seem much easier, happier, and a lot more satisfying.
And that is my sensible nonsense for the day, and now I have to go find my vacuum and suck up some dog hair.
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