Embrace Your Journey Towards Service!

LISTEN HERE: https://soundcloud.com/viola-voltairine/lesson09/s-nWUyYyh3XNc

Topics:

Butler Book

Cleaning basics

Laundry basics

Handy skills

Organizing basics

Attitude and Mindset

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Real Service, and The Service Notebook, By Joshua Tenpenny (https://alfredpress.com/service-notebook/)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, 2014, by Marie Kondo

Butlers and Household Managers: 21st Century Professionals, 2008, by Steven M. Ferry

ASSIGNMENT: Subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/cleanmyspace, watch some of domestic goddess, Melissa Maker’s videos.

ASSIGNMENT: Watch the "How to Clean" series by Angela Brown:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh1fKdNH3piQgvc-H1HMNgtS14nt8CThz (and subscribe to her as well)

ASSIGNMENT: Clean your space! Organize your belongings, put laundry away, scrub and deep clean as needed. Imagine you are doing it to please and impress a Dominant Woman. Send me pics of your clean space.

JOURNALING (pick 2 or more of the topics below, and do at least 20 minutes of writing for each. You may choose to answer all of them.):

Journal Topic 1: Take a day, or at least a few hours, to do some really deep cleaning of your space and write about each task you did. Imagine you are preparing for a woman to come over and spend the night. Pay particular attention to your mindset. Did you have any moments where you just wanted to quit? If so, how did you overcome them? (You may include pics of your freshly cleaned space for approval).

Journal Topic 2: Create and share both a daily todo list and a weekly todo list for maintaining your living space.

Journal Topic 3: Think back to your formative years. Who, if anyone, taught you how to clean, organize and maintain your space? Did you have chores as a kid? Were there any rules and consequences in regarding chores?

Journal Topic 4: If something’s broken, how do you approach it? Do you fix it right away? Do you find someone else to fix it? Do you ignore it hoping it will go away? Think about your relationship to doing ordinary repairs around the house. Where did this attitude and approach originate? Did someone else (father, mother, brother, sister?) model it for you?

Journal Topic 5: Describe specific protocols that would put you in a submissive mindset. Go through a scene of serving your Mistress in your mind. Describe the subtle ways in which you show respect. Are these different in private (high protocol) as opposed to around others (medium or low protocol)? How might you maintain your submissive position in public?