Less than 24 hours after a deep clean…

This is what our family room looks like again.

If you have kids under 5, you already know: mess is inevitable. Toys everywhere. Chaos on repeat. But I’ve started to see it differently.

A messy house used to feel like an inevitable lost battle. Now, I’m learning it’s a sign of something else—something good.

This isn’t just a living room. It’s a lab. A workshop. Ultimately, we as parents build a home not only as a save haven, but as a creative hub for our kids to explore. We create the environment for them to use their agency to imagine, play, experiment, innovate and create.

Whenever I clean up my office or desk, I feel clarity of mind to think, write, experiment with ideas and just do more. In the same way, I think when our kids see a clean house, they have increased inspiration to get the toys, papers, and crayons out again and do more with their creativity. The mess comes quickly—but so does the magic.

I'm starting to think less of cleaning our house as a never-ending chore, but an opportunity to 'clean up the lab'. It's an opportunity each day for our kids to see an environment that is both safe and bountiful; to test their boundaries and see where their mind can take them. We’re not just cleaning a house. We’re preparing the stage for discovery.

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