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Today we\\u2019re talking about an often overlooked source of suffering\\u2014 housework. There are so many ways in which housework can be a bummer. Maybe we\\u2019re feeling guilty about the fact that our place is always a mess. Maybe we\\u2019re driving ourselves crazy with obsessive cleaning. Maybe we have relatives who are overly critical about the state of affairs in our home. Maybe gender politics with our spouses and partners is a source of strife. 

Our guest today, KC Davis, helps deconstruct these often rigid and daunting cultural norms that surround the concept of domestic bliss. As a self-styled anti-perfectionist, Davis has garnered a huge audience on TikTok with more than 1 million followers. She has also written the book, How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing. On today\\u2019s show, she offers a ton of practical tips that are rooted in self compassion and the dogged determination not to use shame as a motivator when it comes to our domestic lives. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• One of KC\\u2019s slogans,\\u201cYou don\\u2019t exist to serve your space, your space exists to serve you\\u201d 
• The difference between what\\u2019s \\u201cnormal\\u201d and what\\u2019s \\u201cfunctional\\u201d. For example, why that pile of laundry on the floor is just fine if it works for you
• Why it\\u2019s important to think of house work as morally neutral. For example, why doing dishes has nothing to do with you being a good or bad person
• Why she doesn\\u2019t believe laziness exists
• The power of what she calls \\u201ccategory cleaning\\u201d 
• Breaking the clean/not clean binary
• And achieving equitable division of labor around the house 

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/kc-davis-501

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