After saying bye to my daughter at Day Summer Camp, my wife and I spent a good 5 hours cleaning the house. Mainly Deep Carpet Cleaning (with always ending up with the agreement to get hardwood floor the “next” summer), and other laminated floor scrubbing with Zokins. I enjoy this kind of day. I rarely eat out simply because I like cooking. Easy gardening (like tomatoes) will always be a good addition to the hot summer. I am just an ordinary happy man, with learning the new pain because I learned English language. Criticizing me as an angry and unhappy man is already the reflection of the social issues they are in.
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Deep Cleaning. Product Packaging. Order Fulfillment. And, other daily “house chores”. Some advise me to outsource them so that I can have “more” time. Yes, I am often busy, but with those “more time”, what would I do? To market myself to look bigger than who I am? Market our product so I would get more money? I am tired of those “purpose” oriented mindset as if there are better things when I focus on productivity. They say it is the time to get happiness with Sashiko. Well, I am already happy by doing those “ordinary” things (Of course, I want to earn money to make my dream happen, but not by sacrificing what I do today).
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Sashiko existed in the ordinary. Therefore, the “ordinary” is precious. As long as I can move (physically), I will not let others do this seeding of happiness. Seriously. Cooking a meal for my daughter’s smile with “Daddy’s food is the best” is the happiness I find & define.
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昔は考えられなかったことなのですが、家事がストレス発散方法だったりします。日常の家事というより、少し日常から離れた家事。日曜大工だったり大掃除だったり（それは家事とは言わないかもですが）。「忙しいなら家事とか代行しちゃいなよ」と、代行天国の米国だと良く助言を頂きます。その方が経済も回るのかもしれません。でもね、この日常の家事を大切にするからこそ、刺し子が活きてくると思うのですよ。毎晩フレンチのフルコース食べながら刺し子って、なんか違和感ありません？（嫌悪感とか間違いとかじゃなく違和感です）。刺し子には味噌汁が似合う。
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