In my experience, creating and maintaining a balanced lifestyle is one of the most difficult things to do.
I read enough zen and life management blogs to know it really should be easy - do what you love and what is important to you.
Doing it all?
But what if you're a greedy Gen Y who wants it [...]
In my day..
In the good old days, life was better. Men worked and women stayed home, kept the house, looked after the kids and wore frilly aprons over pretty dresses.
photo credit: KimmiK
Everyone knew their place and life was simple and modern issues of career vs career and whose turn it is to race from [...]
There's nothing more empowering than having your apron strings untied from the sink.
Unless you get untied from the sink so that you can trot off in a wool suit to your box on the terrace for every daylight hour and more besides, after which you will glamorously engage in up-to-the-minute witty banter with 40 of [...]
There is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly-cooked dinners and untidy ways.
(Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 1861)
While the world has moved on since 1861, the fundamental need for a repository of information on household management remains. Arguably, the need is even more pronounced in 2008.
This guide is not [...]
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Beyond Beeton is a post-modern guide to household management inspired by Mrs Beeton’s 1861 Book of Household Management.
