I have really let go...seriously!

So I thought I would have a hard time letting go of perfection...it has been much easier than I thought!  My house had not fallen apart, no one is running around naked, we are not starving to death and we have not been infested by rats!  The house is tidy...I spend a few minutes a day doing my best to keep it up but I don't stress over it.  


I discovered that I have totally spoiled my 18 yr old who felt that he was only responsible for cleaning up after himself & didn't think he needed to do anything above that....honestly, he rarely does that.  I adore the kid but man....he's SO lazy!  So I laid it all out for him last week.  He works part-time, just graduated from high school.  I don't ask him to scrub the bathroom from top to bottom.  Honestly that's the one room that I feel like I have to be the one to clean.  Anyway....I leave him a short list of things to do.  An example?  Clean your room, make your bed, put your laundry away (do you see a trend here?), vacuum your room, the hallway & the living room, put the load in the washer in the dryer & unload the dishwasher.  Really, I only asked him to do a couple of things that were not specific to HIM!  He was waiting until I got home from work to even start anything so another conversation came where I told him that I would appreciate if he would get those things done before I got home.  I leave my house around 6:30-6:45 a.m., I return a little after 5.  He's got plenty of time to get it done before I get home.  It's kind of the point of asking him to do it!  He's been doing as I asked since our conversation.


Oh...he's not the only one that's spoiled!  My husband is too although, he does cook and do the dishes.  He's not allowed to do the laundry....fear of shrunken clothes forbid it!  If I ask him to help, he does.  My issue?  WHY DO I HAVE TO ASK?!  DO YOU NOT SEE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE?  I think we view things through very different eyes!  Sometimes, he gets sick of the way things look & he takes the initiative.  I love to see that, what I don't love to see is that state that it typically has to reach before he reaches his breaking point.  


So...I do let things go bc most of the time, I am just too tired to care when I get home or I'd rather be doing something I enjoy.  I mean REALLY enjoy.  I do like to clean, to a certain extend.  Mostly, I just like the end result. I love to organize, but really it's all about the end result.   Ha...I guess that's life & it's really all about the end result which is why I have let go of perfection when it comes to my house & started to enjoy my life more!