I cannot do it all...although I like to try

Working outside of the home 4-5 days per week, trying to keep up with all of the laundry,errands,cleaning and cooking can be exhausting for me. I often feel like it is a vicious cycle that.does.not.stop. I would come home from working all day, Start dinner, put away the breakfast dishes and take out the trash. Then after dinner was served I would want to spend time with my honey, watching t.v. Before I knew it, here it was 10pm time to go to bed so that I could start the whole thing again at 6:30am the next day. I would feel so tired, so depressed,so defeated by my lack of self-discipline. I would begin to feel resentment about everything and my very good life suddenly became very unfair.
    I cannot believe how childish and spoiled I was behaving. No wonder I felt no joy in anything!! I was not cultivating contentment!!
   I have prayed about this...a lot. Prayed for a new attitude and for the strength to be mature and kind to my husband,stepson, and myself.
    Here is what I am learning:

1.    As much as like my house to look perfect it is not. Not the house or the people in the house.
2.   The likelihood of better homes and gardens wanting to photograph my home is next to nil.
3.   I don't have to do a deep thorough scrub down of the house every single day. It is OK if I simply walk through and pick up the house. Wipe down the bathroom with a Lysol wipe, and empty the trash. (I do scrub the bathroom once per week).
4. It is far better for my family to enjoy living in our house and being able to relax without me being a tyrant.

I had somewhat of a wake-up call from my husband, when tidying up the house for out of town family that was going to stop by to see our place. My husband said " Do you want me to print some brochures for the museum tour of house?" Ouch. He said it jokingly, but, I know that is what i needed to hear. The emphasis needs to be on Family.People.Love. I needed to be brought back to earth and be reminded that having a "perfect"house is not reasonable, let alone important! It is the people that enter into our home, The memories that are made, and the love that is shared.
  Talk about an attitude adjustment! 
So I am really going to work hard to focus more on family and enjoying my family without thinking that I always need to have everything look perfect.
   I have been putting way too much emphasis on the world's point of view and the media's standards of the so called "good-life". How am i supposed to bring praise and glory to God when I am totally neglecting him and the treasures he has given me?
  So today, let go of the non-essentials. Focus on priorities and love your family!