The Story of Regina
Regina is a mom of 2 who works from home and has a husband named Jeremy that works a lot outside of the home. Regina also has 2 dogs at home.
Everyday Regina gets up, gets herself ready, and then proceeds to get breakfast ready for her family. Jermey is typically the first one out of the door and the last one to come home. She has to wake her kids up every day and its a fight to get them ready, fed, and out the door for school. By the time Regina gets back from dropping off the kids she feeds the animals and logs into her computer for work.
Already feeling stressed, Regina had no time to clean up after breakfast and she can see the dishes piling in the sink. She also looks around at all of the clutter: kids toys, dog toys, mail, clothes are all over the place. She feels her chest tighten as she tries to ignore the mess of her home and be productive at work.
Lunchtime rolls around and Regina has a break, but she can’t relax. She is thinking how can she eat and relax while the house is a mess and she knows as soon as the kids get home there will be no time. Regina gets a few dishes done and hurriedly eats a quick lunch before logging back in so she can get her work day done before the kids get home.
Regina has a hard time concentrating. There is a nagging weight on her shoulders and knot in her stomach as she looks around and sees the work is never done. There’s always more to do and it feels overwhelming and depressing. She wants her kids to grow up in an organized and clean home, but she just doesn’t have the energy to do it all herself.
On top of this, Jeremy does not understand why the house is unclean when Regina works from home. Shouldn’t she be able to keep the home clean, after all shes home all day? This begins to cause a strain in their marriage. Jeremy doesn’t want to clean when he gets home because he has been working hard all day and is tired. Regina has also been working hard all day, and is overwhelmed and stressed, which also does not help their relationship.
Regina has come to her breaking point. She is overwhelmed and depressed, has a strained marriage, and is constantly feeling like a failure because she should be able to do it all, right?
Just when Regina thought she couldn’t handle it anymore, she heard about Clean Queen from one of her friends so she decided to give them a call.
She explains how overwhelmed she is and that it is effecting her relationship with her spouse and her kids. Clean Queen empathized with her as they know. They know the pressure that we all feel to be perfect, have a perfectly clean and clutterless home, a happy marriage. They know. Regina felt heard and seen. She felt relief just knowing that Clean Queen understood her problem and had solutions for her.
Regina decided on a deep cleaning to get the whole house put back in order. Then she had Clean Queen come in every other week to help her stay on top of the cleaning.
After a few cleans, Regina could feel the difference. She no longer felt overwhelmed and depressed while working at home. She didn’t feel the nagging pressure when she looked around because everything was in its place and clean. There were no more guilty feelings, which allowed her to actually relax at her home. She was able to fully relax on her lunch breaks and enjoy lunch without feeling like she had to do chores. Her relationship also greatly improved as there was no more tension feeling like there was constantly more to do.
She even noticed her kids were happier playing at home, because she was happier! She no longer stressed about the toys and the clutter. Clean Queen gave her guides on how she can include her whole family in a nightly 10 minute clean up to keep the clutter at bay.
Overall Regina feels happier and more peaceful at home. She truly feels like a Queen at home, as she should! She also has started inviting friends over more often, she started a book club and enjoys weekly gatherings with her friends in her home. No more guilt, shame, or embarrassment over how her home looks.