One of my New Year's resolutions was to do a better job of keeping up with my house chores. I'm not a super messy person, but I could do better. The chore I hate the most, bar none, is sweeping the floors and vacuuming the carpets and mopping the floors.
People always act surprised when they hear that. Everyone says to me that the chore they hate the most is cleaning the bathrooms. And I agree that it's kinda disgusting but I can make myself do it on a regular basis. I could never explain why it's the floors that I hate so much
Until today. I figured it out today.
The problem is that I don't have the right equipment.
The first floor of my house is almost completely hardwood floor and it takes a long time to sweep it. Today, after I'd been sweeping for about 10 minutes my back started to hurt and I thought to myself how much I hate this chore and then it dawned on me. My back should not hurt. Merely sweeping the floors with a broom should not hurt my back. "What's going on here?" I thought to myself
I started paying more attention to my pain and trying to figure out why and then I ealized it's because my broom is way to short. It needs to be at least a foot longer, probably more like 2 feet longer. When I'm sweeping I have to bend over at an awkward angle in order for my hands to be at a low enough level to make a sweeping motion. After a while this awkward angle makes my back hurt.
The situation with the vacuum cleaner is not quite so bad, but it's a pain to vacuum the stairs with it because I have to lift it at an awkward ange and try to move it across each step while supporting its weight. Plus it's just a pain to move furniture around in order to vacuum under things.
So as of now I'm in the market for at least a new broom and possibly a new vacuum cleaner and maybe I'll be able to keep up with this chore.
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