...and I think I've just had one!!
The original meaning for the phrase "The 7 year itch" is the inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage, but the meaning is often been extended to refer to the urge to move on from any situation, and not even limited to those of 7 years' duration. (copied unashamedly from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/seven-year-itch.html).
So...the past 7 years have been interesting. They have been...em...challenging (for want of a better word)! However, it was just this morning that I realised that I had lost something along the way ~ and this weekend I reclaimed it....and that was my cleaning mojo!! I calculate that it was circa 2005 that it went awol.
I used to be known as 'Monica' (ref. 'Friends' and her cleaning maniacal ways) and I was ok with that - others...perhaps not so much - but in about 2005 I lost 'Monica'. However, this weekend I reclaimed that part of my personality and it feels amazing!! It wasn't a conscience decision, it just happened. My flat has never been so clean and I am so darn happy.
Why-o-why am I blogging about this? Well....I think it's symbolic (granted most things can be manipulated to look symbolic, but I'm pretty sure THIS is symbolic). I have had a few fairly gigantuous, life altering situations in my life in the past 7 years where I've had very little control and they had a fairly substantial effect on me...which is not surprising. However, if I had access to a time machine, I wouldn't go back and change any of it because I'm a big believer in what doesn't kill you makes you stronger (metaphorically/mentally speaking, because I'm pretty sure if you were in an accident that didn't kill you but disabled you, you probably wouldn't feel stronger in the slightest - unless we're talking mentally, in which case there is a chance that you would be, depending on how you coped with the aftermath...but I'm digressing).
So...7 difficult/challenging years, steep learning curves (yup, plural) and feeling like I'd lost part of who I am as a person, or perhaps 'carparking' some aspects of my personality for a while, however I seem to have come to a point where I'm comfortable with where I am and who I am. I'm not naive enough to think that there are not other challenging times ahead ~ but I feel that I've managed to regain substantial parts of me that maybe I shouldn't have let go of in the first place, but hey - I've always 'liked' to learn the hard way!!
It has been most satisfying scratching this 7 year itch!!
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