We believe that a well-maintained home is more than just tidy—it’s a source of peace, comfort, and calm. And what better time to reset your relationship with your home than the beginning of a brand-new year?
Gateways & Transitions
Ah, January, where we bid adieu to the holiday break and welcome the embrace of routine. Yet, it’s also the time for new beginnings and setting intentions for the upcoming year. If you’re like me, you struggle to balance the comfort of the old and the excitement of the new.
For many, this tension becomes motivational—a chance to declutter, clean, and make room for the new. It allows one to bid farewell to the clutter and dust of the past while welcoming in fresh energies and opportunities.
Consider Janus, the Roman god of doorways and beginnings, depicted with two faces—one facing the future, the other the past. Janus embodies the idea that an end often brings about a beginning, the past flows into the present.
Just as Janus symbolizes this duality, cleaning and refreshing your home for the new year can have the same effect. You can take care of the home that you’ve made memories in the past year and cherish those connections while clearing the way for new opportunities in 2024.
I invite you to make home maintenance part of your new routine for 2024—a fundamental aspect of tending to your household.
Why?? I hear you say. This is boring, and I am too busy with life, too busy putting out fires. I have no more time! I am drowning in to-do lists!
Home Maintenance: Proactive vs. Reactive
Look, no matter how much you argue, you WILL spend time on home maintenance. How that time goes, well, that choice is yours.
Things can be frantic, expensive, and inconvenient
~OR~
Things can be calm, empowering, and budget-friendly.
Let’s embrace this change and take charge of our surroundings. Just as Janus is associated with beginnings and endings, make this month your chance to refresh your relationship with your home. January, or Janus-ary as we’d humorously call it, marks our chance to refresh our relationship with our homes.
Join us as we embark on this home maintenance journey together. Stay tuned for tips, hacks, and inspiration to make this endeavor not just a chore, but a transformative and fulfilling experience.
Main + Tenacious is your one-stop resource to streamline your home maintenance. Find everything from shopping lists to instructions, tips, tricks, moral support, and professional advice—all in one place to help you save time, effort, and money.
If you’re craving calm, clarity, and fewer surprise breakdowns in 2024, January is your perfect jumping-off point.
Let 2024 Be the Year You Transform Your Home
You don’t need to do everything. You just need to start.
Tending to your home is tending to yourself. It’s an act of care, a reclaiming of agency, and a way to create the kind of calm that helps you show up fully in other parts of life.
If this resonates with you, you’re in the right place. Main + Tenacious is here with instructions, shopping lists, cheerleading, and support—whether you’re organizing the garage or figuring out how to flush a water heater.
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