zen and the art of home maintenance? I hear that. There's something meditative about monotonous chores - I'm terrible at them as my mind whirrs that fast that I jump onto the next thing and never do the first one right. Thank goodness my husband's better at DIY than me. I do recognise I need to slow down and do some self work - to peel off those layers of paint - but it'll take some time before I'm fully able to do so. Then I'll look to do a project like painting a wall, and see if I can find some meditative joy in it.